Edith's grouchy father has no use for Billy, a mere "actor fellow." Dad has set his heart upon roping in the high-falutin' Lord Helpus, who is flat broke. To avoid being pestered by Billy, Edith is packed off to a seminary. She arrives as the principal is about to leave on a vacation. Dad tells the principal that Edith is a bit of a flirt. The principal telegraphs for her friend, Lydia, aged 45, to take her place. Lydia happens to be Billy's eldest sister. Expecting an engagement, Billy opens the telegram and decides to take the job. All goes well at the seminary until Lord Helpus arrives in New York, when Dad announces he's coming along with his Lordship to introduce Edith. Edith and Billy get married secretly and Lydia gets the job in the nick of time. Father's storm of abuse when sees Billy receive a sudden check when a wedding ring is thrust under his nose, and all they say when the see the battered and bewildered aristocrat is "Lord Help Us."