- A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman.
- Captain Parmelee, a fisherman, has an obsession that he is of royal family and descended from the nobility. He has dwelt on this idea for such a long time that he eventually comes to live the part as well as he is able, and dwells on a most brilliant future for his pretty daughter, Sydney. When Mrs. Jones, who is a social climber in San Francisco, hears of this she conceives the idea of playing a joke on Mrs. Bradley, the social leader of the town, who has gone out of her way to snub her on numerous occasions. She convinces Captain Parmelee that she believes his claim to royalty. Flattered, Parmelee consents to "lend" Sydney to the clever Mrs. Jones. As a result, the fisherman's daughter is taken to San Francisco and introduced to society as a Duchess. But it soon develops that Parmelee's claim to noble lineage is false. Mrs. Jones, fearful lest her plan prove a failure, goes into conference with her lawyers, and when through she has arranged a family tree for the Parmelee's so secure that even an expert could not pick a flaw in it. In high glee Mrs. Jones watches her plan go to success, for Mrs. Bradley's son falls in love with the fisherman's daughter, unaware of her true identity. When she believes the time ripe for her revelation, Mrs. Jones makes the announcement that Sydney has not a drop of royal blood flowing in her veins, that she is an impostor and that she is purely and simply the daughter of Captain Parmelee, a fisherman. But despite all this, young Bradley follows the girl of his heart back to the fisher village. He encounters a young fisherman who also loves the girl, and who suspects the sincerity of Bradley's motives. In a fierce fight Bradley wins out, and after that only a few minor complications remain to be swept away before the young people are united.
Motion Picture News, September 28, 1918
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