Bondage plot
Country girl Elinor Crawford has always had great literary ambitions, but has so far gotten no further than a reporter for a tabloid in New York. On an assignment, she meets a lawyer from her hometown, Evan Kilvert, who is shocked by her bohemian lifestyle. Elinor despises him and turns her affections to Bertie Vawtry, the editor of a racey weekly. Vawtry claims to love her, but when he suddenly leaves and marries a rich widow, Elinor leaves town and everyone assumes she has run off with Vawtry. Lawyer Kilvert finds her homeless on the street and marries her.