A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beautiful woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his lady friend, remorse drives him to find his wife.

• American Mutoscope & Biograph
• Lillian Gish
• Walter Miller
• Viola Barry
• Kate Bruce
• Adolph Lestina
• Jennie Lee
• Charles Murray
• Gertrude Bambrick