May Merrill and Will Marshall are sweethearts and both reporters on the Daily Wave. Will leaves the paper to accept the position of private .secretary to Blake, Commissioner of Public Works. Shortly after Will takes up his new work Blake is threatened with exposure and punishment on a charge of accepting a bribe. In order to save himself, Blake makes it appear that Will is the guilty party. May is sent to investigate the matter for the Wave. When she discovers that Will is accused, she determines to devote all of her time to clearing him, and with this end in view, she applies for the vacant position of private secretary to Blake. Assisted by Pete, a faithful office boy from the Wave who follows her to her new position, May does some clever detective work and, clearing Will, manages to fix the guilt where it belongs, on the shoulders of Blake.