Richard Lane isolates himself in the African interior for 5 years after his sweetheart, Natalie, marries Norman Travers. Travers, who tires of family life and neglects his wife and son, drifts into an affair with Nita Howard, a cabaret dancer. When Travers' ship is reported lost inward from Europe, Lane hears the news and determines to return and win Natalie; soon Lane develops a fondness for Natalie and her child, Bobby, and she consents to marry him. Travers, however, is rescued from a desert island and refuses to grant Natalie a divorce. Lane finds Travers murdered; and thinking that Natalie is guilty, he surrenders himself to the police. She denies his guilt, but the chief of detectives discovers that Nita Howard is the murderess. Lane is happily united with Natalie.

Huntley Gordon
as Richard Lane

Lowell Sherman
as Norman Travers

Jane Novak
as Natalie Travers

Natalie Kingston
as Nita Howard

Joan Standing
as Olga

Will Walling
as Chief of Detectives

Billy Kent Schaefer
as Bobby Travers

Neal Dodd
as Reverend Atkinson

Buddy the Dog
as