Alice receives an invitation from her grandfather, who is the minister of a small country church, to pay him a visit, which invitation she accepts. Mandy is loved by Jed, but her affections are with the deacon. The deacon holds a mortgage on the village church and presses the old minister for his money. Alice arrives at the minister's house and the deacon, catching sight of her, falls in love. The old minister plans a barn dance and basket social to raise funds to pay off the mortgage. The night of the social Alice arrives accompanied by Jack, the leader of the church choir. The minister announces the auctioning off of the lunch baskets furnished by the girls. The man buying any of the girl's basket must eat lunch with her. The deacon resolves to purchase the basket belonging to Alice. Alice tells Jack she will tie her hair ribbon to her basket. The deacon overhears their plan. He confides his intentions to Alice, but is overheard by Mandy. She changes Alice's hair ribbon from Alice's basket to her own. Jack and Alice plan to take their basket away and eat together, while the bids are being called for. The deacon bids $100 for the basket with the hair ribbon on it and finds that he has drawn Mandy. He buys another and is stung. Thoroughly disgusted, he buys the whole lot of baskets, only to find that he has been fooled. He presents his mortgage to the minister and is paid off with the very money he has paid the auctioneer for the baskets.