Belmont pays attention to Miss Alden. When he calls, she is entertaining her friend Miss Pounds, a man-chasing old maid. She immediately claims Belmont as her own and he cannot shake her. He hits upon a scheme to make his friend Slick, a promoter, the recipient of Miss Pounds' attentions, but Slick is all for Miss Alden. Miss Pounds is informed that her aunt has left her a fortune of $5,000 and Belmont apprises Slick of this fact, telling him that he can get her to invest it in his schemes. Slick, however, fools Belmont by writing a note to Miss Pounds telling her that she has been left $50,000 instead of $5,000, and leaves the letter where Belmont can see it. Belmont immediately rushes to Miss Pounds' home and proposing to her is accepted. Slick, meanwhile, has proposed to Miss Alden and when Belmont and Miss Pounds call on Miss Alden they find Slick there. They explain that they are engaged, as do Slick and Miss Alden, and Belmont cannot understand the hilarious laughter that greets his announcement of his engagement to Miss Pounds, due to Slick's little trick.
—Moving Picture World synopsis