Londell, a young artist, marries Marion Page, of whom he has painted a beautiful portrait. A year later, wearied of married bliss, he uses a passage abroad which has been given up by a friend of his, in order to study in Paris. Marion, realizing that he is ready to sacrifice both herself and her unborn baby to his art, goes home to her people, where she gives her life for the child. His daughter Claudia is grown to young womanhood when Londell returns, famous. Her wealthy guardian engages him to paint her portrait. He comes to confide in the gentle girl who arouses his deeper affections, and as she listens to his story. Claudia recognizes her own father, of whose career she has not been left ignorant. The next day, she dresses in the old-fashioned gown in which Londell first painted Marion, and slashing her own likeness on the easel, places the picture of her mother over it. When Londell comes, his slumbering conscience suffers a terrible awakening.
