Adair, an artist, is in love with his lovely model Jean. One day he is called in to paint the portrait of a society girl with whom he becomes infatuated and to whom he finally becomes engaged. The model grieves and Adair's friend George tries to dissuade him from marrying the rich girl and deserting his model sweetheart, but Adair will not listen. A suitor for the society girl's hand is infuriated at being put aside for another and goes to the artist's studio; wildly jealous, he fires at him. But the little model, in hiding, gets between him and the shot and is wounded in the hip. The accident leaves her lame for life and the artist marries her instead of the society girl and remains a devoted attendant on his wife, who is forced to spend most of her time in a wheelchair.
—Moving Picture World synopsis