By the time Elsie Dinsmore grew up and became a young girl, great changes had occurred in her family. Her father Horace Dinsmore fell in love with the charming Rose Allison, whom Elsie had liked since childhood, and subsequently married her. Since then, the small family has been replenished with two new members: Horace Jr. and Rosette. Elsie spends the summer with her eccentric Aunt Welty and experiences the joy of first love and deep pain of betrayal. In an attempt to heal her broken heart, Elsie's family takes her on a trip to Europe. Upon returning home, Elsie, without expecting it, encounters the joyful miracle of sincere, true love.