Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet from charming ne'er-Johnnie Aysgarth. Though cautioned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune , Lina remains loyal to her husband as he spreads his way by a business scheme to the next and marries him. Gradually Lina comes which so as to get her inheritance, Johnnie intends to kill her. The suspicion seems confirmed when the business partner of Johnnie dies under mysterious circumstances.