Cynthia Botts (Louise Fazenda), une vieille fille institutrice qui dirige une école de filles, hérite de la fortune de Doolittle, le patron de l'école. Elle part alors en voyage à Hawaï pour se trouver un mari. Le jour de son départ, elle se marie secrètement à Mark Krisel (John Miljan), censé être un éminent banquier, mais qu'elle découvre être non seulement un chausseur de fortune mais également bigame. Elle rencontre également Sandy McTavish (Clyde Cook), un marin écossais.
Harlan Carr is left $600 and a country home in New England by his uncle's will. The will provides that a future legacy will come to him if he entertains a number of guests, all married relations of the uncle. Carr and his wife take up residence in the home, where all kinds of ghostly events take place. After the arrival of the guests, they quickly make life miserable for the couple, who tolerate them and their unpleasantness for fear of losing the legacy. At last Harlan loses all patience and orders them from the house. Then, unexpectedly, the family lawyer informs the Carrs that having done exactly as their uncle wished, they will be rewarded with the remainder of their uncle's money.