The Smugglers plot
While on honeymoon in Paris, wealthy John Battleby Watts is persuaded to buy a $20,000 necklace for his fickle young wife. When the jeweler refuses to cash his check, John goes to the bank to get the money he needs. On the way, he passes a shop specializing in imitation jewelry. Thinking his wife will never know the difference, he buys a cheap copy of the necklace. Later, however, he reconsiders and buys the real thing. But before he can reach his hotel, John is detained by brazen chorus girl Rita Bori, whom he presents with what he thinks is the imitation necklace.