Billy Milford, Harvard graduate, goes west to seek his fortune. In Addertown he secures a position as stationmaster of the L. & R. Railroad, but is forced out because of his drinking habits. He accidentally meets Gunhild, an emigrant Norwegian girl, as she arrives in Addertown to take up her home with Jan Hagsberg, the town's saloonkeeper. Seeking revenge on the railroad, Milford joins Jim Dorsey in a scheme to hold up the road's paymaster on his way to pay the employees of the company's mine.
as Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
as Gunhild, a Norwegian Girl
as Jim Dorsey, Milford's Pal
as Mrs. Stuvic, an Illinois Matron
as Professor Emerson
as Jan Hagnerg, Gunhild's Uncle
as Whitney Mills, R.R. Superintendent
as Sheriff Dick
as The Railroad Superintendent