Colonel Dodge, a gay old widower, goes to Florida with his daughter, Mary, when Miss Arbutus Quilty, one of his former flames, threatens him with a breach-of-promise suit. He hires Miss Pink, a lady detective, to retrieve a packet of incriminating letters Miss Quilty plans to use as evidence, but Miss Quilty follows him to Florida. Listen Lester, a house detective at the resort where Dodge and Mary stay, becomes involved in the plan to recover the letters. After a series of complications, Dodge decides to settle down with Miss Quilty and Mary weds Lester.