Mrs. Ashton is delighted when her husband brings home his friend Stanton, for she knows that Helen Grey is in love with the man, and she plans to make a match of it. But, womanlike, she does not tell her husband what is in her mind, and ...See moreMrs. Ashton is delighted when her husband brings home his friend Stanton, for she knows that Helen Grey is in love with the man, and she plans to make a match of it. But, womanlike, she does not tell her husband what is in her mind, and her tete-a-tetes with Stanton are open to misconstruction. Helen, for instance, sees her motoring with Stanton directly after he has broken an engagement with her on plea of business. She goes to Mrs. Ashton and is overjoyed to learn that the matron is not her rival, but her true friend. "Wait and see," the married woman counsels. Mrs. Ashton discharges her maid for gross carelessness, and the little vixen runs to Ashton with a tale which brings him out of his chair with a smothered oath. "Get out," he cries indignantly, but after the girl is gone he begins to think. He finds a letter from Stanton to his wife which seems to indicate a clandestine meeting at a masked ball. He attends the ball and sees Stanton with his wife, whom he recognizes by her unique costume, but before he can reach the pair they are lost in the maze of dancers. Returning home, he waits until he hears them enter, then confronts them with his revolver. To his amazement, his wife enters suddenly from her room, clad in a peignoir. Stanton is as greatly astonished as he when the woman at his side unmasks and reveals the features of Helen Grey. Written by
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