Edna, engaged to her employer, John Duncan, is anxious that he get his bid on a large contract for street work in at the City Hall on time. His political friends, afraid that his bid will be lower than theirs, deceive him as to the time for them to be in. So he leaves his office in Edna’s care while he goes out to attend to some business, promising to be back in time to get to the City Hall by four. While he is gone, Edna reads in the paper that 3 o’clock is the appointed hour and knowing that John will not be back she prepares his bid and rushes to the City Hall with it, dragging a young reporter friend with her. She pushes her way by the Supervisors and entering the contract chamber, she demands they accept her bid. The politicians attempt to refuse the bid, claiming she is too late. But she insists that it is not 3 o’clock yet and that if they do not take it, she and the reporter will prepare a fine little article on the city’s graft. An elderly man, listening to her story, sees the time is not up and demands a reading of the girl’s bid. The great discrepancy in the price of his bid and the others’ wins John Duncan the contract, to his surprise and Edna’s joy.