Auriole Praed, a young girl, is admired by Leo Bannister, a neighbor. Bannister embraces the girl and she, realizing the power he holds over her, asks her brother to take her away. They go to Paris, where Auriole falls in love with and marries a struggling young artist by the name of Otto Bettany. Auriole and her husband return to New York and there the young woman becomes a mother. Bannister, In the meanwhile has become a wealthy and influential man and seeing Auriole determines to win her. He orders Ida Angley, an adventuress, to ensnare the artist in her affection and this the woman is successful in doing. Later Otto accepts Leo's proposition of exchanging his wife for Ida. Otto decides to commit suicide and is saved just in time by his wife.
—Moving Picture World synopsis