John Bruce and his daughter, Bess, were plain Southern country folks, growing oranges. Old Bruce likes Jim Lang, an employee, who loves Bess. One day the young folks ask his consent to their marriage. He tells Jim to wait a year. Bess goes to visit city relatives, and when the year is up she forgets Jim. She becomes cultured and falls in love with Count De Tourney. One day Jim sends her a branch of oranges, and the count sends her his usual box of roses. She meditates over these, and two visions arise. On the right she sees herself dancing with the count at a grand ball; on the left she sees Jim and herself among the orange trees at home. She decides that she is tired of the count and city life, and hurries home. She finds she is happier there and that she loves Jim the best, after all.