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Spoony Sam is a veritable pest at Si Hawkins' farm, and the girls treat him as a huge joke. In a city cigarette factory there is a peach of a young girl, Fannie Fatima. She writes a note on one of the leaves of a book of cigarette papers, declaring she will wed the man who finds it. Spoony Sam happens to buy that particular paper of cigarettes. He sends Fannie a prompt proposal and she writes him that she will arrive in Farmers' Branch on Friday. When the eventful Friday rolls around Sam, hugging his secret, is dressed his best to go to the depot to meet Fannie, but his boss, Si Hawkins, commands him to stay at home and do the work. Sam stays, in disgust, and Hawkins goes to the depot in his wagon to receive a summer boarder, Miss Wiggins, an old maid of fifty, who spends her time in chasing anything that wears pants. Fannie missed the first train and did not arrive with Miss Wiggins. Hawkins takes Spinster Wiggins to the farm house, and the old maid's efforts to make love at the dinner table highly amuse the farmhands. Sam is still outside, hoeing, and has not yet seen Miss Wiggins. While feeling in Sam's coat pocket for some tobacco one of the farmhands discovers the letter to Sam from his "cigarette girl." Here is the chance to pass off Miss Wiggins as the cigarette girl. They hunt up Miss Wiggins on the front porch, tell her Sam is simply crazy about her, and one of the hands goes to get Sam. Sam hurriedly puts on his Sunday clothes, rushes out to the porch, is introduced to Miss Wiggins, and nearly drops dead from heart failure. In thorough disgust he flees in wild haste when Miss Wiggins embraces him. The other gives chase. The chase leads the crowd through a hayfield, where Sam is smoked out of a hay-stack, where he had taken refuge. With smoke-filled eyes Sam beats it for the railway track and speeds down the rails. Miss Wiggins, with some of the farmhands, boards a hand-car standing near and gives chase. But Sam out-distances them. The track leads him to the depot. The train has just arrived and there stands Fannie, bright and beautiful on the platform, helplessly inquiring for Sam. Not knowing Sam by sight she appeals to Sam, himself. The minute she shows him the letter he had written her, the recognition is instant, and they embrace just as the crowd on the handcar catch up with them. A minister happens to be in the depot, and amid much cheering, Sam and Fannie are made one.