Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet from charming ne'er-Johnnie Aysgarth. Li-Na remains loyal to her husband because he plows his way and marries him though cautioned that Johnnie is hardly more than a fortune . Li-Na comes which in order to collect her inheritance, Johnnie plans to kill her. The suspicion seems supported when the business partner of Johnnie dies under mysterious conditions.