When her best friend dies and leaves her
four-year-old daughter Betty in her care, orphan Dorothy Crane,
feeling unwelcome in the home of her aunt and uncle, takes her
charge and heads for New York City. There she discovers that
children are not wanted by landlords, and so experiences difficulty
finding a place to live, until kindly Mrs. Farley offers her a room.
Through the want ads, Dorothy becomes a
receptionist for gem dealer Marcus Hazzard, and at her job meets
Robert Barrington, a collector. The two fall in love, though
Hazzard is also attracted to Dorothy, arousing the jealousy of his
business partner, Madame Duval.
One day, because Mrs. Farley is ill,
Dorothy takes Betty to the office. Calling Dorothy into his
private office, Hazzard begins to make sexual advances when a shot
rings out, and Hazzard falls to the floor. Dorothy turns in
amazement to see Betty standing in the doorway, a smoking pistol at
her feet. Believing that the child shot Hazzard, Dorothy takes
her and flees. Madame Duval and her Hindu servant, Ali Bey,
tell the police that Dorothy killed Hazzard, until Ali finally
reveals that Madame Duval fired the shot out of jealousy, thus
freeing Dorothy to find happiness with Barrington.
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