Olive Sheldon and her beautiful young sister, Evelyn, did dressmaking to keep a roof over the head of their invalid mother. Olive did the work while frivolous Evelyn romped with her chums and flirted with eligible young men. And when Mrs. Sheldon passed away, it was Olive who made the way smooth for her sister. One day Tom Weston, their neighbor, won recognition at last by means of an invention which within a few years would make him rich. Olive was glad, for she loved Tom secretly. But he loved Evelyn, and asked Olive's consent to the marriage. Evelyn cared nothing for Tom; she had fallen desperately in love with Walter Courteney, a summer visitor whom she met at a dance. Olive passed her on to give Tom an answer. Tom was rich, and, as she must marry someone, she took him. Evelyn exercised her new power for enjoyment to the limit. Three years passed; then, one day, Walter Courteney returned. He persuaded Evelyn to go away with him, and to bring her child.
