While employed as maid-of-all-work in Mrs. Bilkins' suburban home, Josie, who is intensely romantic in nature ,sees a novel her mistress is reading and is seized with a desire to read it. When Mrs. Bilkins goes to the city, Josie takes advantage of the opportunity to "borrow" the book. She becomes so absorbed in following the adventures of "Gwendolyn and her lover" of Knighthood days, she forgets all about the dinner cooking on the stove. When her mistress calls up on the 'phone. Josie is too much interested to pay any attention and Mrs. Bilkins, alarmed, decides to return home at once. Reading feverishly, Josie pays no heed to the smoke pouring from the stove and soon the house is filled with it. Meantime, a policeman rings in a fire alarm and calls out the reserves. The police and fire apparatus arrive on the scene and set to work extinguishing the "fire," while a large crowd gathers. Mrs. Bilkins, arriving on the scene, faints. Despite the clouds of smoke and drenching streams of water, Josie, amidst of the turmoil, continues to devour page after page until Hank bravely dashes in and carries her to safety. She drops her book on the way out and goes right back after it. Mrs. Bilkins, who has learned there was no fire after all, becomes furious and peremptorily discharges Josie. who tersely replies, "I should worry." Josie steals away to a quiet corner with Hank and finishes reading the romantic adventures of the hero and heroine.