Actress Nina Seabury is only interested in her lovers' bank accounts, but in the case of Emory Townsend, she miscalculates and believes he's a bank president when he's just a cashier. Hoping to afford her tastes, he steals $12,000 in bank funds, but she still breaks up with him, and he falls in love with Mary Winslow. A few months later, however, a detective working on the bank-funds case find evidence implicating Emory. Aware that he is about to be arrested, a desperate Emory goes to Nina and begs her to give him $12,000, so he can return the money to the bank. Nina refuses, but then Mary, who is pregnant, arrives; after pulling a gun on Nina, she forces her to write a check for the whole amount, thereby saving Emory from jail.—Pamela Short

At his father's death, Emory Townsend discovers that his father's interests were not as large as he thought, and learns that he must go to work to support himself. Through his uncle's influence he secures a place in the Catskill National Bank. For 10 years he devotes his time to business and convinces his family that his wildcat days are over. When he is 34 he meets Nina Seabury, a musical-comedy actress from the West, who is the current idol of the New York stage. She meets Townsend upon her first visit to the bank, and he is infatuated with her. She flatters him with his importance and when she finally accepts a dinner engagement with him, his cup of joy is full, but the strain of entertaining this woman of lavish desires soon tells on his purse strings. However, he continues to throw away money upon her. Christmas is approaching and her desires for an expensive diamond present provokes Jack into using the bank's funds. His thefts continue until it becomes a mental torture to him. He then endeavors to prevail upon Nina to leave for South America, pointing where the business extraditions laws will prevent his being prosecuted, but Nina refuses. She later meets Matson, a millionaire widower. Matson informs Nina that Emory is but a poorly paid clerk and chides her for allowing him to pay her debts. That same night she gathers together the photographs of Emory and burns them. Thus her affection for him ends. Discovering that Nina is cold towards him, he begins doctoring his books and decides to change his ways. During the course of the next few days, Emory meets John Winslow, who invites him home where he meets Mary, and it is love at first sight. After a short courtship, they are married. Were it not for his shortage at the bank, liable to discovery any moment, he would be the happiest man in the world. Upon reading that Nina has become the wife of Matson, he decides the one way to retrieve, to go to her and endeavor to secure some of the money he gave her and spent on her. He ponders alone over this plan until he discovers that Mary is looking forward to an interesting event. Crushing his spirit of pride, he goes to Nina's apartment. Mary follows him there and arrives just as Emory is demanding the amount of money he is short at the bank. Nina, still heartless, refuses to aid him. Mary interrupts and threatens to call the whole house and tell that she caught her husband there unless she does consent to return the money Emory gave her. For the first time in her life, cowed and whimpering, Nina writes a check for $11,400, which Emory and Mary take and leave. Arriving at their home, Emory asks for forgiveness, but Mary says, "I have nothing to forgive, I have heard all."—Moving Picture World synopsis