He deserts her, after which she can only find work as an artist's model, due to her lack of skills and the fact that she is seen as a fallen woman.
In a jealous rage one night due to his continued philandering, Elsie shoots Mortimer, mortally wounding him.
As he lingers on his deathbed, his nephew, Howard Hayes, returns to his side, where he reveals that the marriage to Frances was in fact legal.
[2] By February it was known that Frances Nelson would be starring in the movie,[3] and it was based on the poem "Reveries of a Station House" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
[8] At the same time, the cast was revealed to include Edward Earle, Harry S. Northrup, John Davidson, Sally Crute, Mrs. Allan Walker, and Emil Collins.
[1] Motion Picture News gave the film a good review, calling it a very human story with a "lesson which will never be forgotten".
They paid specific accolades to Nelson, stating she portrayed her character "with a realism so strong in its appeal that you are brought for a time to the very environments of the story and as an intensely interested bystander wonder at the weaknesses of some and the strength of others.
While they were impressed with the acting of the main and supporting characters, they were underwhelmed by Noble's direction, calling it simply "adequate".