Gladys Norton, a sweet little country girl, receives a letter from her sweetheart, saying that after four years of study in the city, he is coming back. Gladys is overjoyed. Theresa, Gladys' cousin, desiring to spend a few quiet weeks in the country, pays the Nortons a surprise visit and arrives on the same train with Irwin. The city cousin captivates Irwin with her beautiful clothes and manners. Poor little Gladys sobs her heart out seeing the two together continuously. Irwin, secure in his belief that he has won Theresa, is rudely awakened when her sweetheart from the city calls to take her home. Realizing that he did not pass the testing fire, Irwin decides to leave, but Gladys turns his path of thorns into a bed of roses and a happy ending is the consequence.