- Maud Grey has a heated argument with her fiance', prosecuting attorney John Maddox, over a third-degree account in the newspaper. Maddox arrogantly defends the system and he and Maud part in a huff. The next morning Maud receives a letter from a wayward brother, asking her to come to Havenhurst, a nearby seaside resort. Telling her father that she intends to spend the night with a girl friend, Maud leaves the city. On the morning Maud is to reach Havenhurst, the hotel management receives a warning that Meg Slade and Speed Coyne, notorious hotel thieves, are operating in the territory. The warning is handed to the house detective. He meets the train on which Maud arrives and spots her for Meg Slade. Meanwhile, Speed Coyne ha« gone to work at the hotel and planned his loot in a pearl necklace, the property of a wealthy matron at the hotel. Meg Slade arrives by motor car as an ultra-fashionable lady, and is met by Speed in his capacity of bellhop. Meg makes the acquaintance of the matron and provides an opportunity to weaken the clasp of the necklace. That night while Meg entertains the matron, who through the breaking of the clasp has been forced to leave the necklace in her suite. Speed creeps down the fire escape from Meg's apartment and secures it. During the day, Maud has met her brother and given him money. He leaves, swings a freight train, and starts back to the city. Maud, shadowed by the hotel detective, returns to the hotel. In the morning she leaves early. Following her departure, the robbed matron announces her loss. The detective hurried to the depot too late to bead off Maud. Meg calmly walks out of the hotel with the necklace in her luggage, and dashes away from the hotel in her auto driven by Speed. The hotel detective telephones to the city police and the chief issues an order for the arrest of Maud and her brother. Both are apprehended and brought to headquarters and put through the third degree. When confronted with her brother Maud faints and is carried to cell. In the throes of hysterics, she answers "yes" to every question put to her. This constitutes a "confession" upon which the chief secures a complaint from Maddox. In the meantime Meg and Speed have been arrested for speeding and brought to Maddox's office. While his fiance has been undergoing the third degree, the prosecutor has been talking to the real crooks and lets them go as he issues a complaint for his betrothed. Maud is arraigned in court. All indications point to her guilt. The house detective has arrived and identifies her. Her confession is before the judge. He is about to hold her when Maddox enters court to handle the arraignment. He recognizes Maud and rescues her. In Maddox's office, Maud recovers her composure. As her eyes glance about, they discover the newspaper and the article over which she and her fiance had the controversy. She points to it. Maddox hangs his head and admits he has learned a lesson.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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