Barrett, a substantial, level-headed man of business, in the faith and confidence, in the love and devotion of his wife, in the trustworthiness of his partner, his employees, and more than all, of his best friend, is importuned by a mysterious stranger, a Hindoo Yogi, to purchase a pair of spectacles through the medium of which walls vanish and those behind them are seen in their true characters. In succession the glasses are turned by Barrett upon his employees, his partner, his best friend and his wife. What is disclosed and the resultant effect upon the lives of the several characters in the story is ingeniously shown in its denouement.