After her father, a derelict trader named Jacques Benoit, falls from a cliff and dies, young Renee Benoit is left to roam the Abyssinian wilderness clad only in beads and animal skins. While exploring a ruined temple, Renee is mistaken for the Queen of Sheba by Prince Menelek, who resolves to make her his bride. Then, as she is effecting her escape, she encounters Jean Lerier, a French explorer. Having recently been jilted by a noted Parisian beauty named Aimee Ducharme, Jean decides to take Renee to Paris in the hope that this beautiful and wild young woman will arouse his lover's jealousy. Renee is a success in Paris, but when she realizes that Jean does not love her, she angrily smashes his priceless Abyssinian relics and boards a passing liner bound for Africa. Jean finally recognizes his love for Renee and follows her, but Prince Menelek captures him. When Renee, the "Queen of Sheba," bows before the explorer, however, Menelek releases him, and the lovers are reunited.