Chet Fanning (Charles Jones) is a World War I veteran who returns to civilian life looking for work. He secures a job on a road crew and battles several roughnecks to prove himself. Andrew Paxton (Milton Rose) is the employer whose pretty daughter Iris (Fritzi Brunette) prompts Chet to take the position. He wins her heart by saving her life when a gang of thugs tries to sabotage the construction project. G. Raymond Nye plays the villain in this drama which also stars Francis Ford and Sid Jordan.