While spending the summer at the Palace Hotel, Fred Lewis becomes very much taken with pretty Florence Reid, and the two soon become engaged. One day, however, the arrival of a dashing young widow puts a new complexion on matters. For a moment Fred forgets his sweetheart and invites the widow to go for a motor trip with him. The journey proves an exciting one. The chauffeur seems to be determined to keep the pair under the closest surveillance, for he turns around at the most inopportune moments. When the car suffers a breakdown, Fred and the widow attempt to take advantage of a nearby cozy nook, but the chauffeur soon breaks in upon them with the information that the car is ready. They then proceed to a "wayside inn" but when Fred and his guest are comfortably seated tete-a-tete in the dining-room their driver again interrupts in a most impudent manner, which so shocks the widow that she departs in a huff. When Fred accuses the chauffeur, the latter pulls off a pair of false whiskers, disclosing the face of his fiancée. Fred realizes that there is nothing to do but beg forgiveness and promise never to repeat such an escapade.