George Bellow, an American millionaire, sets off to England following the lady he wants to propose. However, she declines his proposal since she is about to marry the Duke of Ryde. Bellow sets off to a hike across the English countryside in order to clear his mind where he meets a little boy named George Porgy. Porgy is on his way to Africa where he plans to make a fortune and take care of his aunt's problems. Bellow takes the kid home, promising him that he will take him to a treasure hunt on the night of the Money Moon. Porgy's aunt is too proud to receive help, but the situation gets very complicated and Bellow is determined to stuck up for the boy and his aunt.

Jeffery Farnol (1878-1952) was a British writer known for writing romance novels, often set in the Georgian Era or English Regency period, and swashbucklers. Farnol largely initiated the Regency romantic genre.