- Desiring the best for his little daughter Marion, impoverished farmer George Leyden agrees to allow her to become the ward of Mrs. John Marshall, a wealthy woman who has taken an interest in the child. Exposed to all the privileges in life, Marion grows into a well educated, beautiful woman and a loyal companion to Mrs. Marshall, who is now an invalid. Marion falls in love with Jimmy Harwood, a wealthy young man, but when Mrs. Marshall's death leaves her husband bereft of companionship, Marion agrees to marry her benefactor. Heartbroken, Jimmy goes abroad where, joined by the formerly brilliant criminal lawyer George Straight, he enters a life of dissipation. Meanwhile, Marshall dies suddenly and his scheming relatives accuse Marion of murder. Pregnant, she goes away to another city where her baby is born. At the time of its birth, another baby is born in an adjoining hospital room, only to die of suffocation. Fearing that the birth of the child may rob them of Marshall's fortune, the relatives maintain that it was Marion's boy who died and that she had gained possession of the other child to assure her fortune. Learning of the situation, Jimmy returns, accompanied by Straight, and after many tribulations, Marion's integrity is established and she is granted her baby and her fortune.
- Afar from the city lived Marion Leyden. George Leyden, her father, struggled in vain to raise more than promissory notes on his barren farm. The girl comes to the attention of the wife of John Marshall, a wealthy banker, and her father consents to the woman taking the child. Gaining an excellent education amid luxurious surroundings, the girl attains a glorious womanhood She provides excellent comfort for her benefactor, now an invalid. Jimmy Harwood, a likable and ambitious young man of wealth, awards her his affections and finds them reciprocated. Denied children, Marshall turns his attentions to his ward when death claims his invalid wife. Feeling an indebtedness to him, Marion marries him. Jimmy in his disappointment goes abroad, and meeting John Straight, formerly a brilliant criminal lawyer, inaugurates a life of dissipation. Meanwhile John Marshall dies suddenly. Accused of his murder by scheming relatives, Marion goes away to another city where her baby is born. At the time of its birth another baby is born in an adjoining hospital room to an unfortunate woman, only to die of suffocation. Fearing the birth of the child robs them of their chance at the banker's fortune, the relatives send a marshal after Marion and, bringing her back, force her into court. They maintain that it was her baby that died and that she has obtained possession of the other child to assure her of the fortune. However, the court rules she is right. Jimmy learns of the situation and returns to America with Straight. Meanwhile the relatives have bribed the hospital nurse and physician and instituted a new trial. Jimmy gets absolute proof of the death of the other woman's baby, but is imprisoned by gangsters employed by the prosecution. Without his evidence Marion loses her baby. Straight gets the case to the highest court and Jimmy goes to his hiding place for the hidden evidence. He is attacked by the gangsters who traced his movements, and after a terrific battle in which he vanquishes them, he falls unconscious. Straight is frantic at his non-appearance, as his train is about to leave for another city where the higher court offers his last chance for a hearing. Recovering, Jimmy finds he is half an hour late. Overtaking the train is his only chance. Sore and bleeding he leaps into his high-power roadster and after a nerve-racking race catches the train, tumbling aboard exhausted, but happy in the possession of his proofs. The court sustains their claim and with the baby restored, Jimmy and Marion meet again to begin all things anew.
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