Susie is loved by Dave and Joe. She prefers Dave, although he is poor and Joe is rather well to do. The father insists upon her marriage to Joe and Susie despairs. Dave becomes a street cleaner. One day he sees his sweetheart in an auto with her father and the. rival and hitches his street sweeper's little barrow to the auto axle and is wheeled down the avenue to the beach. Dave gets employment as a life saver. Susie hires a boat and loses her oars. Dave thrusting aside the father and the rival jumps into a boat and rigidly rows to her. He lifts her into his boat and rows her ashore, where the rival attempts to wrest her from him. Dave knocks the father and rival down and gets in an auto and rides away with her. They summon the police and follow in various conveyances. The furious ride continues through fences, around sharp corners, up and down hills, along the edge of precipices and finally ends in the swimming tank.
—Moving Picture World synopsis