Dearie Lane refuses to marry Fred Millard, whom she loves, because of her previous affair with roué Mark Winfield. When she confesses, Fred forgives her, and they marry and live happily in a modest home until the owner, who turns out to be Winfield, comes to collect a delinquent payment and suddenly dies. Dearie, afraid that the absent Fred will misunderstand, hides the body with the help of a boarder and a cook until midnight when they carry it down the stairs to the countryside, but the creaking of the steps is heard by Fred.
Mary MacLaren
as 'Dearie' Lane
Herbert Prior
as Mark Winfield
Jack Mulhall
as Fred Millard
Clarissa Selwynne
as The Buyer (as Clarissa Selwyn)
Lucretia Harris
as Elsie
