But Undine falls in love with Waldo (Nelson), a mortal, and leaves her companions to live in happiness at the edge of the sea.

As punishment for the crime the mother has committed, Undine the second is destined to live among mortals until a pure love shall atone for the sin.

The young child of simple fisherfolk is stolen by the nymphs and made to roam the enchanted forest, while Undine the second is left where the bereft mother will find her and rear her as her own.

In later years Huldbrand (Gerrard), a suitor for the hand of the Lady Berthelda (Maison), who is actually the daughter of the fisherfolk and raised by the duke and duchess, ventures into the enchanted forest.

[9] In St. Louis, local police took an alternate position arresting Chippewa Theatre owner James J. Barrett and Universal Film's Barney Rosentahal for showing an immoral film specifically for a "nymph rescuing a man from drowning.