Henry Baird a young newspaperman with a secondhand car but little money decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic so that he can take out his sweetheart Mabel Darrow the daughter of a wealthy businessman However as soon as Henry gets the money his tailor demands that he pay off his debt Also youngsters set the car on fire before he can give to the winner Joseph Plant whose wife Evelyn was formerly Henrys sweetheart