Margaret Golden, a winsome and wealthy maid, is sought by many suitors, but has given her heart and the promise of her hand to Harold. Edith, who is herself in love with Harold, and consequently jealous of the existing friendliness between he and Margaret, contrives to raise a doubt in Margaret’s mind as to the disinteredness of Harold’s love for her and she decides to put him to the test. She writes a letter to Harold telling him she has something important to tell him. The letter is seen by her Aunt, with whom Margaret makes her home. The Aunt tries to dissuade her from what she regards as a very foolish move, for Margaret has told her that she intends to tell Harold that she has lost her fortune. Failing to change Margaret’s mind, the Aunt waylays Harold and tells him of Margaret’s plan. Harold is at first indignant, but finally regards the matter as a good joke and determines to pay Margaret back in her own coin. He listens to her sad tale, and then proceeds to tell her that he too has lost his fortune. As they are now both poor he can see no reason why they should not marry at once. And as Margaret is hardly in a position to refuse him, she accepts and they marry and start for their new home in poverty row. The scenes which follow show the new couple amid novel and strange surroundings. Poor Margaret, entirely unfamiliar with house work, tries hard, but her efforts are pronounced failures. Harold butts in, and his efforts to instruct Margaret in the gentle art of Housekeeping give rise to a lot of funny situations. Finally both of them reach a point where forbearance has ceased to be a virtue, and they each decide to confess to the other. This they do, and happy in the knowledge of each other’s love as proven by Love’s Test, they depart for their humble home, bidding a hearty adieu to “Old Ironsides,” and we next find them at Martin’s, where seated at a table groaning with good things, they are busily engaged in making up for lost time, the past forgetting and by the past forgot.