Thomas Persse

Sam and Molly Thornhill, a young English couple, are quite happy together until they quarrel about the make of car they should buy. To make Molly jealous, Sam buys expensive clothing for another woman, placing the clothes where Molly will find them. (tcm)

Although a young bank clerk wants to marry her, Nell Fanshawe decides that soda clerk John Stanley is the one for her. Because John does not have enough money to marry, however, Nell encourages him to go to New York, where he becomes a successful antique salesman for Jellaby and Co. Steve Ratling, a vindictive discharged salesman, convinces John to gamble the three hundred dollars which John took in on a large sale, because he has not received a deserved raise.

Missy, the heiress to her uncle's fortune, resolves to make atonement for the innocent lives lost when her uncle's box factory burns down because of his criminal carelessness. After her uncle dies, Missy disguises herself as an employee of the new factory and does settlement work where she meets Rupert Bawlf and his wife Cynthia. Rupert's friends Oliver Cloyne and Dr. Paton observe Rupert's infatuation with Missy and tell her that Rupert is the subject of gossip in society circles.