Mabel and her husband Charlie are in a park. When Charlie goes for a drink at the bar, Wellington makes strong advances towards Mabel. Charlie returns and tries to drive away the man, but he is no match for his opponent. Charlie decides to drown his sorrow and his shame at the bar.
Meanwhile, Mabel decides to buy a boxing training dummy for her husband, so that he can one day defend himself. When Charlie returns home, drunk, his wife sleeps and the dummy stands in the living room. The drunkard then thinks that it is Wellington, who followed Mabel home. It starts a fight between the dummy, Charlie and Mabel.