A lady furrier marries a lovesick sailor then has to deal with his checkered past.

Bertha Krasnoff, an unmarried woman in her thirties, meets unemployed sailor Tim O'Hara and offers him a meal and a room for the night. Learning that he is having difficulty finding a job, she hires him, against the better judgment of her employee, Tilly, to help out in Madame Valerie's, the San Francisco fur shop that she owns. Soon they are married. Despite Bertha's kindness, Tim has a roving eye. While Bertha feels sad about selling a fur coat to Madeline Ware, the mistress of businessman George Richards, because his wife is a wonderful woman, her own husband becomes involved with Marguerite Gilbert. When Tim learns that Bertha is pregnant, however, he ends his relationship with Marguerite and swears to be faithful. After the baby is born, Bertha sends for her niece Ilka to help out in the store. Ilka is attracted to Tim, but he remains faithful to his wife until the baby dies. One day, Marguerite comes to the store looking for Tim. Not realizing that Bertha is his wife, she tells her that she has given birth to Tim's baby. Bertha tells her that Tim has left town, but gives Marguerite money for the baby. She continues to visit Marguerite and the baby while Tim becomes involved with Ilka. After Bertha learns that Madeline has committed suicide, she uses a ruse to reconcile the Richards. Meanwhile, Tim has decided to run away with Ilka. Bertha discovers them, but when Ilka accuses her of being an old and ugly woman who cannot hold on to her young husband, Bertha sends them away. While they are packing, Marguerite tells Bertha that she has a chance to marry an Australian man and wonders if Bertha will take the baby. Bertha gladly agrees. Tim overhears their conversation, and once again his mind is changed by a baby. He sends Ilka away without him and returns to Bertha.