Not especially attractive and ignored by her townspeople, Martha Mason goes to New York to make a name for herself. Seven years later and now a famous artist, Martha returns to her hometown to find that Ben Colwell, to whom she still considers herself engaged, has transferred his interests to Anne Paisley and become involved in unscrupulous politics. When Ben hears that Martha is worth a considerable sum of money and wishes to donate to a civic cause, he gives her increased attention, and Martha encourages him in order to expose his true nature to the town. Having done so, she returns to New York and Buddy Wayne, happy that she has finally caused some noise in Newboro.