John Cameron, a wealthy widower, sends his daughter, Edna, away to college. The young lady meets Hugh Macy, and falls in love with him. He begs her to be married immediately and she finally consents. Edna starts to write the news to her father when Hugh gets a call to the city. They decide that Hugh shall call on his father. Edna sends a letter to her father, telling him that she is married and that her husband will call upon him the next day. When Cameron received this he was furiously angry, and writes a red hot letter in reply, saying that he had no desire to see her husband and will not even allow her to return home until she has disposed of him. He places the letter in his pocket and starts out to mail it, when a clerk enters with a special letter from a salesman representing the firm of which Cameron is the head, saying that one of the firm's best customers is coming to town. The letter states that the customer, being afraid to carry a large amount of money, would like to secure a thousand dollars from the firm and have it charged to his account. Cameron resumes his seat at his desk forgetting the letter that he started to mail. The next day Edna and Hugh, receiving no reply from her father, take it for granted that silence means consent and Hugh leaves for the city. He calls at Cameron's office and the latter mistakes him for the out-of-town customer. Nothing is too good for him and Cameron personally takes charge of him, wines him, dines him, and finally gives him the thousand dollars. Hugh mistakes this for a wedding present, and wires Edna to hurry home that everything is O.K. She arrives at the home just as her father is drinking a toast to the supposed customer. He is surprised to see her, but is thunderstruck when she throws herself in the stranger's arms. The maid enters with a telegram saying that the customer was delayed and will not arrive until later, Cameron realizes that the joke is on him, when he finds the letter to Edna still in his pocket. But Hugh has proven that he is a good fellow and Cameron tears up the letter and welcomes them home.
