Walter Young and John Osgood were both in love with Alexia Trexell, daughter of the president of the trust company in which both young men worked. Because Alexia preferred Young, Osgood stole four hundred thousand dollars' worth of securities out of the vault, and entering Young's room, left an incriminating handful of the bonds under a table. Young, apparently the only man who could possibly have taken the bonds, was arrested; the bonds were found under the table, and Young was sentenced to a long term in prison on the strength of the overwhelming mass of circumstantial evidence. Osgood was now able to recommence his suit for Alexia with a reasonable prospect of success. But unfortunately his path was not yet free from difficulties. On his way to Young's house with the securities. Osgood had unwittingly dropped a card case which contained incriminating evidence. Usakoff, a Russian derelict, found this card case and, a few days after Young bad been sentenced to jail, called on Osgood, and coolly demanded blackmail. Osgood unable to protect himself, was forced to pay Usakoff's extravagant demands, and the Russian prepared himself for a life of easy affluence. Alexia's suspicions were aroused by Osgood's evident fear of the mysterious Russian, and she resolved to discover the reason for Usakoff's hold over her suitor. A telegram from Usakoff to Osgood, demanding money, which Alexia accidentally intercepted, aroused her suspicions to fever heat. To accomplish her ends. Alexia brought all her charms to bear on the cheerful Usakoff, In a short time he was hopelessly in love with her. Then Alexia played on her vehement admirer's jealousy. She told him that she was going to marry Osgood. Usakoff, wild with anger, told her of the part Osgood had played in Young's conviction, and when Osgood came, he dared him to deny his remarks. Two detectives, whom Alexia had previously hidden in the room, seized the evidently guilty Osgood, and hurried him off to trial. Young was released, completely exonerated, and returned to Alexia, just in time to kick downstairs no less a person than the redoubtable Mr. Usakoff, who was unable to realize that Alexia was not madly devoted to him,