[1][2][3] As described in a film magazine review,[4] Stuart Borden becomes infatuated with Aileen Alton, who is only interested in him as long as he spends money lavishly on her.

The father denounces the young woman, who then proceeds to throw Stuart down.

When the Bordens celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on the same date as Aileen's birthday party, she is piqued because the father cannot get there.

The wife has seen the husband kiss Aileen and tells him that he cannot continue on that way.

He rushes out with a handgun and Mrs. Borden follows, arriving just in time to prevent the son from shooting the father.