A New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young who is oppressed by the unwelcome romantic intentions of a local ne'er-do-well. The teacher pretends to marry the girl to fool the unwanted suitor, but then finds that the marriage was inadvertently legal....
Will Rogers
as Sam Lyman
Peggy Wood
as Eva McElwyn
Cullen Landis
as Jerry Wilson
Clara Horton
as Jane Sheldon
Herbert Standing
as Banker McElwyn
Ed Brady
as Zeb Sawyer
Sidney De Gray
as John Carruthers
Gus Saville
as Jasper Stagg
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as
Mary Jane Irving
as Little Girl (uncredited)
