George Goff, the son of a wealthy city judge, goes to the country for a summer spell. He conceals his identity, but woos and wins Grace Green, the daughter of a stern and honest old farmer, who takes in summer boarders. He begs her to elope with him and she finally consents. He installs her in a rich apartment in the city, and then she awakens to find a letter that his allowance will be cut off unless be returns home at once, only telling her further that she has never known his right name and advising her to return home, broken-hearted. She follows this advice in all contriteness; but her irate father will not receive her, so she is driven back to the great city. She is eventually brought before Judge Goff in the night court, who fines her for being alone on the streets. She spends her last penny to buy a paper and immediately responds to the advertisement for a home maid. She finds herself in service in the palatial home of Judge Goff, and the moment that worthy sees and recognizes her, be denounces her in round set terms as one unworthy of such a situation. The shock throws her into hysterics. When the Judge, enraged and bewildered, gives her money, she throws it back at him in scorn. As she is about to leave the house, Grace meets George Goff. He is at once in great consternation, wanting to know what she is doing there and pleads desperately for her to leave without betraying him. This was farthest from her intention and she runs from the bated place, oat into the street. Judge Goff overhears this last colloquy. It breaks his iron will and his stern sense of justice reasserts itself. He sends his butler after the girl and she is finally persuaded to return. Then he sends for his son and tells him that it he does not consent to immediate marriage to right her wrong, he will cut him off without a penny. This brings the young man to a realizing sense of her true worth and the fact that he loves her truly.