The girl and boy are sweethearts. Their fathers meet and have a political argument, which results disastrously for the girl's father. Returning home, he orders the boy from his house. Later, the girl's father is taken sick and a nurse is sent for. The boy, by accident, discovers this and presents himself, disguised as the nurse. Between making love to his girl and attending her father, the boy is kept busy. The doctor orders a starvation diet. After twenty hours of this treatment, the nurse gives him something to eat, and the old man gets well. He attributes this to his nurse and asks to marry him, but when the boy unmasks and asks for his daughter, he hasn't the heart to refuse.
—Moving Picture World synopsis