- Shy Jessie Wilcox receives no tributes of affection on Valentine's Day, instead she receives ridiculing remarks from the young people who congregate at the post office. So the next day when Jessie receives a letter from her city relatives, she says that it is from her fiancé. She arranges for her cousin to send her daily "love" letters, buys a ring, and leaves, she says, to get married. In the city, Jessie seeks advice for her predicament from a fortune-teller and is locked in a room for several days until a white slaver says that she is not the kind of girl he wants. After Jessie reads about an unidentified body at the morgue, she claims it as her husband and plans to bring it home as proof of her marriage. The dead man's brother, Allan Avery, arrives to settle the estate with his brother's "widow." After Jessie confesses the ruse, she and Allan fall in love and marry, to the chagrin of Jessie's aunt, who wanted Allan for her daughter.—Pamela Short
- A timid little girl in a gossipy little Kentucky village reaches the climax of yearning when St. Valentine's Day brings her no tribute of affection. When the young people around the post office make sarcastic comments, Jessie resolves to produce a beau, even if he must be a mythical one. The daily mail becomes the big thing in her life, and next day a letter from city relatives is held before the post-office group as a missive from her fiancé. She arranges with her cousin to mail letters from the city, and soon the daily "love" letters turn village scorn to envy. When questioned about her engagement ring, she buys herself one, and when the town girls get curious about her wedding day, she rashly names a date. Then she goes to visit her relatives and find a way out of all these complications. While in the city, Jessie reads of an unclaimed body at the morgue which she claims as her husband, intending to take it home to substantiate her story. Wealthy young Avery identifies the man as his brother, hastens to the funeral, and meets Jessie, who has to confess her deception. They fall in love and marry, much to the chagrin of the mercenary city aunt who had picked Avery for her daughter.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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