James Rallston, facing financial hardship, marries a wealthy invalid widow with a daughter, Jean, and plots to control her fortune. He orchestrates her confinement in a sanitarium by drugging her and falsely claiming she is insane, with the help of a conniving doctor and sanitarium keeper. Fifteen years later, Rallston has lost Jean's fortune through speculation and seeks help from John Bigelow to recover it, offering Jean as a reward. Bigelow, suspicious of Rallston, discovers the truth about the widow and Jean's father, and rescues the widow from the sanitarium.
Nat C. Goodwin
as John Bigelow
Theodore Babcock
as James Rallston
Julia Stuart
as Mrs. Rallston
Florence Malone
as Jean Rallston
Clarissa Selwynne
as Dr. Lane
Katherine Lee
as Dot
Madge Evans
as Jean as a Child
Kittens Reichert
as Child
Carroll Fleming
as Ed Pembroke
Alex Calvert
as Dr. Garside
