Violetta D'Arcy turns down the proposal of Jack Harrington, whom she believes to be poor, and instead marries the wealthy Robert Van Ellstrom. Her husband's fortune, however, is not sufficient to cover her gambling debts, so she pawns her sister-in-law's jewels and accepts money from Jack's father, who wishes to be introduced into society. When Harrington, Sr. makes improper advances towards Violetta, Robert fights him, and in the struggle, Harrington, Sr. shoots Jack in the arm. Believing that he has killed his son, Harrington commits suicide. Despondent and ashamed, Violetta tries to drown herself, but Robert intercedes and takes her in his arms.—Pamela Short

Violetta D'Arcy, her girlhood spoiled by poverty, decides to marry money and she refuses to marry Jack Harrington, not knowing that he is the son of a wealthy family who works for his living rather than agree with his father's ideas on the labor question. She schemes to marry Robert Ellstrom, but marriage only brings new troubles, for Ellstrom cannot finance her extravagances and she pawns his sister's pearls. To get them back, when they are demanded nearly leads her into a fatal error, but she is saved in time.—Moving Picture World synopsis