Lelia Crofton, a Louisiana belle of the 1860s, loves Burleigh Mavor. By chance, she sees one of her father's black stablemen making love to a neighbor's maid, whom she supposed was white. The incident shocks Lelia and leaves a great impression upon her. When she rejects suitor Steve Daubeney, he threatens to expose a damaging secret about her mother, whom she has never met. Remembering the incident with the neighbor's maid, Lelia worries that her mother might be black, and when Daubeney learns of her fears, he leads her to believe that they are well-founded.
Mary Fuller
as Lelia Crofton
Milton Sills
as Burleigh Mavor
Charles Ogle
as Major Crofton
Paul Panzer
as Steve Daubeney
Clara Beyers
as Stella Crofton
A.H. Busby
as Col. Mavor
William Heidloff
as Ambrose Mavor
Jack Ridgeway
as Col. Daubeney
Marie Shotwell
as Mrs. Hampton
Mary Moore
as Fifi Hampton
Harry Blakemore
as Uncle Joshuaway
Nellie Slattery
as Aunt Doshey
