The story treats of Polly, the daughter of a scientist who succeeds in becoming rich overnight through the means of a valuable discovery. Polly's mother, Sarah, becomes obsessed with social ambitions, and persuades her husband to go to the city, which he loathes. Once there, she falls a prey to a group of social gangsters, who pass themselves off as important persons, and she tries to persuade Polly to marry one of them who pretends to be titled. Polly is in love with Dave, a boy back home, and she is not deceived by the smoothness and sophistication of the crooks. They contrive, however, to cheat the father of the profits of his invention, and they succeed in persuading him to sell his farm which, although the owner does not know it, is a valuable coal-bed. This scheme is prevented by Dave, who at the last moment discovers the coal and wires to the family. When the crooks see that they are beaten they tell the family the truth about themselves, and Sarah, chastened and ashamed, goes back to the country again, Dave is properly rewarded, and the story comes to a happy ending in a natural way.
—Moving Picture World synopsis