The Spencers are living the high life in New York -- Jack (David Powell) is a force on Wall Street, and Eileen (Catherine Calvert) loves gambling. But their life takes a tragic turn when their ways render them penniless and Jack begins to lose his sight. Eileen has been carrying on a flirtation with novelist Carter Ballantyne (Thomas Holding), but she dumps him for her husband's sake. She and a friend, Dolly Page (Hazel Alden), become card cheats, because that is the only way Eileen can pay for her husband's eye operation. Finally Jack is sent overseas to be cured, and Ballantyne comes around again. He knows what Eileen has been up to and threatens to expose her unless she becomes his mistress. Eileen refuses, but Dolly begs her to do something, because the scandal would ruin her and her unborn child. So Eileen hands her key over to Ballantyne. But the novelist and Jack wind up at home at the same time. So Ballantyne swears to them both that he will reveal all to their Wall Street cronies. But at a dinner that night, Eileen makes the confession herself. Jack is held back from killing Ballantyne, and he is able to get his, and Eileen's, life started over again.
by Janiss Garza
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