Laura, a wealthy young girl tired of her aimless life, runs away to the country to live an active, natural life on a farm. Henry, a rich young clubman as blasé as she, seeks the same village where she has taken refuge, and the two fall in love and are married. She believes Henry to be a poor clerk, and returning to the city they set up housekeeping in a small apartment. One day Henry finds her trying on a pearl necklace, and his suspicions are aroused. She disarms him by telling him they are paste, but not long after this the jewels are stolen, and when Henry traces them to a pawnshop he learns from the pawnbroker that they are worth $100,000. Meanwhile, Laura has discovered in Henry's bureau a diamond-studded watch. She begins to think that she has married a burglar. But when next they meet, and each accuses the other, husband and wife mutually confess.