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A strong friendship springs up between Dick Thornton and Harry Gideon, two young artists sharing the same studio. Harry takes Dick to his home, where he meets and falls in love with Harry's... See full summary

A strong friendship springs up between Dick Thornton and Harry Gideon, two young artists sharing the same studio. Harry takes Dick to his home, where he meets and falls in love with Harry's sister, Sybil. They become engaged. While Harry seeks a gay time Dick works untiringly and becomes a successful artist. Harry receives a call from Foster, a companion, who secretly runs a nightclub, an adjoining opium den, and is head of a gang of thieves. He invites Dick and Harry to join him at cards at the club. Dick declines, but Harry, hoping to recover some of his losses, consents. At the card table he soon loses everything and being physically and mentally fatigued, readily yields to Foster's persuasions to visit the den. There he smokes the deadly drug. As time goes on Harry's visits to the den increase, while those to his home are less frequent. Lady Gideon is anxious to have a painting of Sybil wearing the famous Gideon diamonds, and as Harry seems indifferent. Dick undertakes the task, ...