Prudence Gordon evades her Aunt Phoebe's watchfulness and says she is going for a walk. In the interior of the woods she meets Ned Warner of the Continental Army and they embrace. He tells Prudence that his army may be ordered to join General Washington. Captain Gordon of the English Army arrives and asks tor Prudence. Finding her gone, he becomes suspicious. The captain discovers Ned and Prudence and tells Ned that no soldier of George Washington shall marry his daughter. As a punishment, Prudence is put in the attic of her home, and there she finds her mother's diary. Later, love finds the way, and Ned and Prudence are reunited.