Plot

Father and mother have very high aspirations for their only daughter, and father has succeeded in securing a duke as a suitor for his daughter's hand. This arrangement does not suit Billie at all. She absolutely refuses to accept the Duke when he calls, and father locks her in her room until she changes her mind. Ray, a typical son of the idle rich, bets a friend that he will spend a week at a certain asylum. He leaves in the company of two friends. Billie has been taken to an asylum by her father, as he thinks she has lost her mind. Ray's friends bring him to the same asylum. The next day Ray runs across Billie seated on a beach. He thinks it is a pity that such a beautiful girl should be a "nut," and she thinks what a shame it is that such a nice man should be there. Finally they learn the real identity of each and why they are there. The next day the Duke calls upon the girl and she, wishing to be rid of him forever, tells her troubles to Ray. Ray immediately plans to rid himself of his father's choice and succeeds in acting so "luney" that the Duke flees in fear of his life. Ray and Billie then determine to leave the place and get married, but the superintendent has gone on his vacation and his assistant, not knowing Ray's history, refuses to let him go. Billie has made all arrangements to leave. When Ray returns with the bad news it is almost more than she can stand at first, but they finally determine to elude the guards and sneak out. Hardly have they gotten over the wall at the back before they are discovered by the guards, and a chase takes place. Just as they are about to be captured, Ray sees the auto of his two friends and signals to them. They turn back and pick up the fleeing couple, just as the guards come up. The guards, realizing that they can never catch the auto, return in disgust, and when Ray's friend tells him that he has lost the bet he acknowledges it, but tells them that he has won something a whole lot better, and then introduces them to Billie, telling them that she has promised to be his wife.—Moving Picture World synopsis