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Foster Gladwin, infatuated with Mrs. Clinton, his partner's wife, endeavors to embrace her. The woman indignantly repulses him. Mrs. Clinton keeps the incident secret from her husband. ... See full summary

Foster Gladwin, infatuated with Mrs. Clinton, his partner's wife, endeavors to embrace her. The woman indignantly repulses him. Mrs. Clinton keeps the incident secret from her husband. Knowing Clinton to be subject to violent headache attacks, Gladwin deliberately plans to bring about the man's downfall. He supplies his partner with headache powders containing a habit-forming drug. Gladwin's fiendish scheme succeeds. A few weeks later sees Clinton a slave to drugs. Mrs. Clinton is powerless to avert the change which takes place in her husband. In desperation, the wife finally takes their child and returns to her parents. Clinton receives another blow when Gladwin dissolves their partnership. As time passes the man sinks lower down life's ladder until he becomes a bit of human driftwood. A flickering spark of manhood causes him to commence a fight to regain his former place among his fellow men. Realizing he cannot win the battle unaided, Clinton kidnaps his daughter, hoping that her ...