Betty Lawrence lives with her invalid mother on property that cuts into a large estate owned by Jim Carrington. Because of financial difficulties, Betty leases the ground to Bogrum, a crooked moneylender, sends her mother to the sanitarium and goes to work for the moneylender. When Betty's mother dies, Bogrum piles up debts against the Lawrence property and succeeds in swindling Betty out of her land. Information supplied by Bolter, Bogrum's secretary, leads Jim Carrington, who is in love with Betty, to investigate. After Bogrum's crooked dealings are exposed, he is imprisoned, and Betty and Carrington join their property through matrimony.