Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family. The Gary family fear Grandpa Gary Gary, a copper magnate, for he controls the family fortune. Mrs. Otis Gary, hearing that her son, Dick Gary has been expelled from college, sends Nora to meet Dick at the train station and escort him to his aunt`s in Virginia. Dick flirts with Nora. Nora is repulsed, but finds him irresistible. Dick tries to con Nora out of the money his mother gave her. Nora, returns to the Gary home in New York to report the incident to Grandpa Gary. Dick, being Grandpa Gary`s favorite dismisses the incident and gives Nora money for her troubles. Nora leaves the Gary`s and moves into a lavish hotel under a different name. She meets, Peter Shea, Grandpa Gary`s business manager, and they date. Grandpa knowing that Dick is in love with Nora and Nora with Dick, breaks them up.