Bob Prentiss wagers ten thousand dollars against Jack Carlyle’s five thousand dollars that Carlyle cannot work his way around the world in twelve months without revealing his identity. Carlyle leaves New York as a sailor on board the steamship Baltic bound for Liverpool. A few days out from shore Carlyle gets a glimpse of Diana Grant, a young heiress who is sailing with her father and an aspiring suitor. Count Zuroff, and proceeds to fall in love. Count Zuroff is a persistent suitor, but as he is about to propose to the fair heiress Carlyle upsets a bucket of water and interrupts the proceedings. The following day Diana meets with an accident and again comes in contact with Carlyle. From now on Cupid gets busy and the wager is forgotten in the pursuit of love. Diana rebuffs the count and is ordered home by her father. Carlyle is still on the job, on the return journey he succeeds in meeting Diana several times and Diana consents to elope, still ignorant of Carlyle’s real identity. Reaching New York a license is secured, the marriage takes place and Diana and her papa learn she has drawn a prize.