Twin sisters Anne and Katherine are separated as children when their parents decide to go their separate ways. Under her mother's influence, Anne develops into a respectable young woman, while Katherine, under her father's tutelage, becomes a callous adventuress.

"Her life is blasted by environment. She grows up a social vulture. She tries to wreck one man. She slays another and pays the price. (Hearst's Sunday American, 4 March 1917)"