Jack ( Owen Moore ) a wealthy young man, while on a hunting trip accidentally shots pretty Mercy, a mountain girl ( Mary Pickford ). He falls in love with the rough girl, marries and fervently attempts to refine her. The results are disastrous and an embarrassed Mercy returns to her mountain home, but she enrolls herself in a school for young women. She triumphantly returns much to the delight of Jack, a refined and perfectly elegant wife.