Mary Blake leaves her infant daughter on the doorstep of a general store, then drowns herself to escape the brutality of her drug-addicted husband, Samuel. He is driven out of town, and the child, named June Friday for the month and day on which she was found, is reared by storekeeper Harriet Huntley. Eighteen years later, June meets vacationing New Yorker Paul Duncan, and after hearing his stories about the big city, she leaves her unkind foster mother. Duncan finds her a job as a manicurist, and although she refuses his advances, she accepts his marriage proposal. Samuel, now Duncan's valet, performs the ceremony with no legal authority to do so. Duncan's uncle learns of the ruse and orders his nephew to South America for June’s protection. Samuel discovers June's real identity and confesses the truth about the wedding. June later marries lawyer Tom Van Est, but after three happy years, Duncan returns and tries to rape her. She kills him in self-defense, but Samuel confesses to the murder and commits suicide.