Minnie Windom, a fascinating widow, and her daughter, Clara, being moderately well to do, are spending the winter on the southeast coast. They are having a good time, for the widow is charming. The daughter feels that her mother is beating her. She must tell somebody, so she writes of her vexation to a girl chum and cries herself to sleep. The mother comes in, sees her daughter and tells her that she shall have her chance when she (the mother) has perfected her own affair. Major Dowling is pressing the widow pretty bard, and to give Clara her chance they remove from St. Augustine to another resort. Mrs. Windom does her best to distract attention; she dresses plainly and makes her eyes behave, but the major still pursues her, and in the end persuades her to say “Yes.” After the marriage the widow resumes her attractive personality, and the major chases the young swells after Clara, so all is love and kisses.