- Henry Van Zandt is in love with Betty Morrow. She repulses him. At a ball given in her honor, she is impressed by the playing of the young violinist and she asks him to call. The uncle, a hardhearted and domineering man, insists that Betty announce her engagement to Henry Van Zandt. She refuses and when the violinist calls, the uncle orders him from the house. Time progresses. The uncle tries bard to force the unpleasant marriage. Betty runs off with her musician and they are married. Furious and disappointed, the uncle disinherits his niece. Two years pass. The violinist and his wife eke out a living. Things go from bad to worse. At times, when all looks dark, he plays for her, "In a Persian Garden," which melody had first brought them together and won her love. A little baby has come to Betty. One day she receives a telegram from her uncle, saying if she will leave her husband he will take her back. For her sake the husband urges her to do it. She laughs at him. They return to Betty's home town finally, and the violinist searches in vain for work. The baby is taken ill. To save the baby's life a specialist is needed. While the husband is searching for work the uncle, who has learned of Betty's return, calls and pleads with her to leave her husband and save her child's life. She is between two fires, mother love and her affection for her husband. At last her love for the baby grows steadily stronger and Betty writes time and again to her husband, but receives no answer. The uncle has torn the letters up. One night a ball is given in Betty's honor. Van Zandt, strolling on the stoop, observes the young violinist, who is trudging past the house. Half drunk, the rejected suitor drags him in before the excited crowd. The violinist begins to play. Upstairs Betty, bending over her baby, is thinking of her husband. The familiar strains of "In a Persian Garden" float through the hall. She walks slowly down the stairs and into the arms of the player, while the astonished guests slowly realize what the tableau means.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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