Fred is very much in love with Gladys, but her father does not look with favor upon him as a prospective son-in-law. He telephones the girl that he will come to the house at midnight, ready to elope with her. The father overhears the plan and locks his daughter in her room. When Fred arrives he is greeted by a fusillade of rolling-pins, flat-irons, bricks, etc., and heats a hasty retreat. The parents decide that they need a chaperon for their disobedient daughter, so they advertise for a stern governess. Fred dresses up and gets the position and is looked upon with favor by the parents. He elopes with Gladys and they are married before the parents find out how they have been fooled.
