A wife like Mrs. Doughbags would give any man gray hair and send him to an early grave. Consequently, when her husband meets the fair Concha, while touring in the Macaroni Mountains, it is not to be marveled at that Mr. Doughbags promptly falls in love with the maid. Unknown to Doughbags, Concha is a decoy for Trovatore the Terrible. Said Trovatore is a full-fledged member of the bandit's union. Consequently, he is surprised when Doughbags, instead of being frightened when Concha betrays him into the outlaw's hands, merely reaches forth and disarms Trovatore and the rest of his band. The outlaws flee in terror. Mrs. Doughbags comes in search of her husband. In revenge, the outlaws capture the woman and hold her for ransom. To Trovatore's dismay, Mrs. Doughbags falls madly in love with him, while her husband obstinately declines to pay the sum demanded for her release. In despair, the poor bandit chief offers to give Doughbags all his wealth, if only to take Mrs. Doughbags off his hands. Again the husband declines. In the meantime, the woman, in cleaning up the bandit's cave, discovers a harmless-looking switch. Ignorant of the fact that the closing of this will explode a ton of dynamite and destroy the cave, Mrs. Doughbags throws the switch in. The next instant, she feels her head bumping against the clouds. Kind Fate elects that Mrs. Doughbags shall land atop of Concha and Mr. Doughbags, who are spooning. One look at the couple and the woman grabs hold of her husband with murder in her eyes.
—Moving Picture World synopsis