Poor country girl Ethel marries wealthy farmer John Smith to secure support for her widowed mother. Upon returning from college, her former sweetheart Sid Dunlap finds her married, and becoming annoyed at two of his companions who are continually kidding him about her marriage, he makes a wager with them that he can entice her away from her husband. He tells her of his love, and she, believing his protests of love honorable, and still loving him, agrees to elope with him. Her husband discovers her in Sid's arms and tells her to choose between them. She goes to Sid. Afterwards, discovering his dissolute character, she returns to her husband, who truly loves her. He takes her back and forgives all.
—Moving Picture World synopsis