The love affair between Mable Diggs and Chester Spriggs is rudely interrupted when Mable's father accidentally kills a chicken belonging to Chester's mother. After Mrs. Spriggs has vented her ire upon Diggs' head, she pulls her son into the house and forbids him to talk to Mable. Diggs follows the same course of procedure with Chester. The parents lock their children in their rooms to make sure that the two do not see each other. Chester and Mable, however, escape via the windows and make a beeline for the minister's house. Mrs. Spriggs and Mr. Diggs discover what has happened. They pursue the elopers, but arrive too late. Although the parents are spoiling for a fight, Chester and Mable persuade them to make up, and all ends well.
—Moving Picture World synopsis