Minnie, the ugliest girl in town, pretends to have a lover--complete with letters and gifts. Threatened with exposure by her suspicious stepsister, Minnie tells a newspaperman that an unclaimed body is her dead lover. He perceives her inner beauty, and they fall in love. When the town gathers to celebrate Minnie's father's successful attempts to perfect a wireless-powered machine, excitement is aroused by a handsome young couple--none other than Minnie, transformed by plastic surgery, and her young man.