StenographerDorothyHallowellworksforaWallStreetlawfirm,andisn'tawarethatFrederickNorman,ajuniorpartnerinthefirm,ismadlyinlovewithher,eventhoughheisengagedtobemarried.Togetclosertoher,hefinancesherfather'slaboratory,butwhenDorothyrealizeswhathe'supto,sheturnshimdown.Hisfianceefindsoutandbreakstheirengagement.Dorothymovesbacktohersmalltown,butsoonrunsintotroublewhenstoriesofher"unseemlybehavior"inNewYorkresultinherhavingtoleavetownandreturntoNewYork,whereshemanagestogetintoevenmoretrouble.Complicationsensue.