- Bored by the slow pace of life in her little home town, Helen Drayton rebels when her friends and relatives assume that she will marry her friend and escort, Chet Vernon. Helen is so anxious to experience life in the big city that she falls in love with visiting New York architect John Galvin almost immediately after his arrival. Several weeks later, the two marry and move to New York, where, after a series of painful experiences, Helen finally realizes John's selfishness. In the end, she gratefully returns home and becomes Chet's wife.—Pamela Short
- In a small American town, Helen Drayton, the belle of the neighborhood, has for a long time been "going with" Chet Vernon, but while she likes Chet she is inclined to rebel at not being allowed a wider range of choice. So she welcomes the visit of John Galvin, a young architect. A swift courtship is followed by an elopement, and Helen finds herself keeping house for a young husband who has still to make his place in the world. But while Galvin can always find plenty of money to spend downtown, he is stingy with Helen, expecting her to finance a whole wardrobe with a ten dollar bill. Through Mrs. Hammond, wife of one of Galvin's business acquaintances, Helen finds a means of getting money by exercising her talents for interior decorating. Meanwhile Chet Vernon, tired of the lack of opportunities in the little town, also comes to the city. With a mutual friend he calls on Helen, and they arrange a theater party, Galvin excusing himself on the ground of important business. After the theater Chet, Helen and their friend go to a café, and Chet sees Galvin buying wine for Ada Thompson, the niece and secretary of Hammond. He does not tell Helen, however. The Hammonds invite Helen and Galvin to their seashore home for a house party, and Calvin's attentions to Ada Thompson are very noticeable. Helen suspects nothing, however, until one afternoon, passing a secluded summerhouse, she sees something which causes her to rush to her room, pack her grip and hurry to the city. Galvin follows her, and in a stormy scene she tells him that he has not even been supporting her. Helen then embarks in her decorating business on a large scale, obtains a divorce and eventually finds happiness with her girlhood sweetheart.
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