When he's not trying to make a man out of his boy, Torrence is carrying on a feud with Tom McGuire, the wealthy owner of a fancy new ferryboat. McGuire has a pretty daughter, Marceline Day, with whom Buster Keaton falls in love. The two younger folks try to patch up the feud, but this seems impossible once Torrence is jailed for punching out McGuire. Keaton tries ineptly to bust his dad out of jail, only to wind up in the hospital while trying to escape the Law. As Keaton lies unconscious in bed, a huge cyclone hits town, knocking down tall buildings like kindling. Upon awakening, Keaton does his best to remain standing as the winds buffet him about. He takes refuge in a tree, which is promptly uprooted and blown towards the waterfront. Here is where Keaton proves his manhood-and ends the feud between Torrence and McGuire-by rescuing practically everyone in the cast from a watery grave.