As described in a film magazine,[4] Silas Martin (Marshall), a miser, marries Marcia Manot (Farrar) in order to gain possession of a valuable emerald she owns that once belonged to a Norse queen and is now cursed.

After the wedding Marcia learns the true side of her husband and realizes that the marriage was a mistake.

Silas steals the stone and places Marcia and Guy Sterling (Reid), his business partner, in a false light in order to get a divorce.

Marcia returns to her old home and gives the priest the emerald so he can make provision for homeless orphans.

However, finding that her good deed has redeemed her, the criminologist does not turn her over to the law, and she and Sterling are happily reunited.