When Richard Barton's health fails, his wife Helen, desperate for money to pay the medical bills, agrees to spend the night with the wealthy Howard Barton, without knowing that he is Richard's long-absent brother. However, after she tells Howard that she is selling herself in order to help her husband, he calls off the rendezvous and sends her home with enough money to pay for Richard's care.
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Carlyle Blackwell as Howard Barton
Ethel Clayton as Helen Barton
Paul McAllister as Richard Barton
Harley Knoles Director
Harley Knoles Scenario Writer
William A. Brady Producer
Arthur Edeson Cinematography
United States 04 June 1916
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