While on a hunting trip, wealthy young Jack (Owen Moore) accidentally shots pretty mountain girl Mercy (Mary Pickford). He falls in love with the rough girl, marries her, and fervently attempts to refine her. The results are disastrous and an embarrassed Mercy returns to her mountain home, but she enrolls herself in a school for young women. Much to Jack's delight, she triumphantly returns as a refined, perfectly elegant wife.