Lord Brian O'Neil (Elliott Dexter) takes over an estate in Ireland and, much to the distress of his three spinster sisters and mother, is not very good at collecting rent from the tenants. Arriving on the scene is an American heiress, Patricia Calhoun (Marie Doro), who's apparently come to Ireland to find fairies and freedom from staid American ways.
She's so intent on freedom that she instructs her secretary (Mayme Kelso) to pretend to be the heiress so she can run free in the woods and shed her inhibitions. After a cow scares her and runs her up a tree, she's finally freed by the meandering Brian as he passes by. There's an instant spark between the two and she lies as says she works for the "rich American."
Brian's three harpy sisters are after him to marry the "rich American" and bring some money to the estate and his aged mother. But he's seen she whom he assumes is the American and he wants nothing to do with her. He cannot tell them he's smitten with the strange young woman he met in the woods.
So while she romps in the woods with the fairies ... yes, she's found the Irish fairies ... he stews and frets about the money situation. Finally the Lord and family get invited to a dinner by the American. He's expected to propose marriage to the woman but announces he's going to wed Patricia. But Patricia ends the charade and makes a grand entrance as the rich heiress. Mortified, Brian rescinds his offer of marriage, but is the end to the story?
Doro and Dexter were married in real life and made several films together. Their chemistry is obvious. Kelso has fun as the fake heiress.
The existing print from Library of Congress hass several areas of bad decomposition, but most of the film is in good shape. But at a running time of only 45 minutes, I wonder if there' something missing from the first reel.
