Crinoline and Romance plot
Raised in a remote area of North Carolina by her grandfather, Colonel Charles E. Cavanaugh, Miss Emmy Lou lives in ignorance of the outside world. She ventures out of her small valley to visit Mrs. Kate Wimbleton, and despite her outdated dress, she is a great success with the young male guests, especially Davis Jordan and Augustus Biddle. Emmy Lou immerses herself in the modern world during her stay with the Wimbletons and then returns home when she learns the colonel is ill. Her two suitors follow, and Emmy Lou cannot choose between them. Colonel Cavanaugh stages a duel, loading each pistol with blank cartridges. Augustus cheats and forces Emmy Lou to choose Davis.