Leona Williard works in a millinery shop in a small town while dreaming of going to New York and marrying a wealthy man An inheritance of five thousand dollars turns her dream into a reality and Leona goes to the city where she meets Mrs Geraldine De Forest an old friend of her mothers who introduces Leona to a wealthy widower named Frazer Boynton Boynton proposes to the girl but Leona refuses because she is in love with Jasper Halroyd Mrs De Forest who is secretly in love with Jasper lies to Leona that he is her lover Horrified Leona accepts Boyntons proposal but later after Jasper saves Leona from drowning she realizes that she still loves him