Her husband's failing health and lack of money compel Mrs. Helen Walls to seek work. She secures a position as a school teacher at Silver Lake, but to do so is forced to pose as an unmarried woman, the regulations of the school board requiring that the teachers must be single. Her husband's presence places Mrs. Walls in an embarrassing position, but while the school board is investigating, a fire in the school gives Walls an opportunity to display his courage. Even though he is in poor health, Walls proves himself so much the man that by unanimous consent of the school board Mrs. Walls is allowed to continue in her position and her husband given such work as will help him out of his difficulty.
—Moving Picture World synopsis