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Paper box factory worker Marian Martin wants more out of life than marriage to her small town boyfriend, Al Manning.  As she looks through the windows of a stopped railroad car carrying wealthy passengers, she meets Wally Stuart, a New Yorker who gives her champagne and tells her to look him up.

After Al angrily accuses her of impropriety, Marian leaves and goes to New York.  Wally gives her some advice on meeting and keeping wealthy men, which Marian uses to begin a relationship with his friend Mark Whitney, a divorced attorney.

Three years pass and Marian has acquired sophistication, culture and a lot of money from Mark.  Despite her original intentions, though, she loves him.  He loves her as well but will not marry her because he is afraid that she will hurt him the way his ex-wife did.  To cover their relationship, she has changed her name to Mrs. Moreland and poses as a wealthy divorcee.

When Al, now running a prosperous cement business, comes to town hoping to land a big contract, he asks her to marry him, but she refuses.  When she overhears Mark talking with some politicians, she realizes that he now plans to marry her, even though their past relationship might cause a scandal that would ruin his proposed gubernatorial campaign.  She pretends not to love him and says that she is going to marry Al.  He then runs for governor, but when Marian discovers that Al will only forgive her past if she will help him get the contract from Mark, she sends him away and disappears.

As the election approaches, the rival candidate tries to interrupt a rally for Mark by having hecklers distribute flyers saying "Who is Mrs. Moreland?"  As the crowd rumbles, Marian steps up from the audience and tells them that Mark has always been an honorable man, who once belonged to her, but now belongs to them.  The crowd cheers as she leaves, sobbing.  Outside, Mark catches up to her and tells her that from now on they will be together no matter what.