Disapproving of the loose woman her father has married, Faith Ebbing leaves home and goes to work, but she later steals $5,000 in Liberty Bonds to pay off Duroc, a blackmailer threatening her mother, Cordelia Ebbing. Cordelia, who left her husband many years earlier and has been touring the Continent, compromises herself to replace the money Faith stole. Eventually there are explanations, and Cordelia is reunited with Revere Wayne, a former admirer.