Harry Handworth

The wife of a wealthy stockbroker, more interested in her poodle than in having children, has an abortion when she finds herself pregnant. The husband, discovering the hefty doctor's bill and surmising the reason, is distraught and begins an affair with his secretary.

The young gypsy Anselo, son of fortune teller Old Mrs. Lee, meets and instantly loves the wealthy but delicate Gertrude Carlton when she visits the gypsy camp with a party of her friends. Their love is shadowed however by strong objections on both sides. Mrs. Carlton objects because of social barriers and a desire for her to wed moneyed Van Buren, while Mrs. Lee has foretold that Gertrude will die young. The young lovers resist all efforts to separate them, but tragedy lies in their future.