Tom Burns, a broker's clerk, falls in love with his employer's daughter, Edith, but realizes their positions are too far apart to hope. Edith is beloved by Wilson, her father's private secretary. Although she likes him at first, her heart soon turns to Tom. She invites the young clerk to her birthday party. He sends her a bunch of violets, which she wears that night, disposing of Wilson's gift of a handsome bracelet. Wilson proposes and is refused. He becomes jealous of the preference shown Tom and vows vengeance. By ruining Edith's father he hopes to punish the the girl and throw Tom out of a good position. But Tom receives an unexpected legacy and unknown to his employer, saves the day. Wilson is nonplussed at the failure of his plans. Edith becomes piqued at Tom's slowness and encourages his rival in the hope of bringing him to a declaration. Tom misunderstand. Edith's father learns of Wilson's perfidy and Tom's noble sacrifice and divining the cause of Edith's unhappiness, hits upon a scheme. Feigning that he is near death as the result of an accident he sends for both Tom and Edith. Expressing a dying wish that they marry, Edith and Tom agree and the ceremony is just completed as Wilson enters. Surprise and chagrin show in his face, but he is quietly informed and his perfidy is shown and given notice that his services are no longer required. Tom is then appointed Wilson's successor and the amount of his legacy restored. Then to cap the climax, Papa reveals that his illness was all a ruse to bring about a speedy termination of the unhappiness of the young couple. - Moving Picture World, November 1913
Jack Kerrigan's brother Wallace, the Flying A's business manager at the time, played a bit part in this film as the broker. This was a split reeler with "A Modern Steel Plant."