Newly married Dorothy Ralston exchanges her husband's Aztec idol, which she doesn't believe is worth anything, to a peddler for a silk shawl. Later she finds out that the Aztec idol is extremely valuable, but by this time the idol has been bought by an artist named Cambridge, her neighbor, who knows how valuable it is. Dorothy determines to get back the idol from her greedy neighbor before her husband discovers it's missing. Complications ensue.