Jack, a sailor, comes ashore and falls in with two pretty girls. One girl tries to outdo the other, and win his love. One night he visits the girl of his choice, Mary, and makes love to her. Fate brings Nora there, too, and she tries to win his love. Nora asks him to see her home, and this he reluctantly consents to do. Here fate again intercepts, and Jack leaves Nora in the hands of one of his friends, whom he meets. Then he hastens back to his true love. Jack is suddenly called away. He has no time to say "good-bye" to his little girl, so he writes a letter and entrusts it with a friend to be delivered. Here Nora again intercepts and agrees to deliver it herself. She encounters Mary and she shows her the letter. Nora does not divulge the fact that it is for Mary and not for her, as the envelopes are addressed "Dearest," so Mary goes away heartbroken. Her sorrow brings on brain fever. Jack returns in a week, and Nora confesses her guilt.
—Moving Picture World synopsis