The story concerns a women who meets a dashing and prosperous man with a car (1904!), and they proceed to have a good time together. They settle down, but her partner is restless to see more of life. It becomes apparent to the women that her husband will not settle, so she leaves him and falls destitute and hungry. An opportunist scoundrel with bad intentions takes her in, but by and by insists she engages in shameful work. When she refuses he is enraged and attacks her on a bridge, leaving her to drown. She is then rescued...and her family accept her.