Mildred refuses Archie's proposal of marriage. Shortly after Fred arrives and she accepts him as her future husband. As he is leaving the house, his attention is attracted by a young lady who has a cinder in her eye. He stops to give her his assistance. Mildred, who happens to be watching from an upstairs window, thinks he is kissing the young lady, his head being behind her large hat, giving that appearance. She becomes angry, and after mailing his ring to him calls up Archie and says she will marry him immediately. After marriage, Mildred discovers her husband is father of four children. Soon after Fred marries a nurse only to find she is also a mother of four children. Several months later, Mildred is a widow and Fred a widower. They meet each other and hence two hearts that beat as ten.