Bridges Burned plot
Mary O'Brien, the daughter of an Irish gentleman, falls in love with the young Ernest Randal, the son of an English baronet, while he is visiting the Irishman's home. When Mary's father learns that his daughter is pregnant, he insists on a marriage, to which Mary reluctantly agrees for the sake of her unborn child. Immediately after the marriage, which she believes her father forced on Ernest, Mary leaves home and gets a job in a cotton mill, where she becomes involved in welfare work for the workers. When Ernest reads in the newspaper about his wife's achievements, he goes to Mary and tries to persuade her to return to him.