The story
“Arthur Compton is apt to drink too much sometimes, but Ruth, his young wife, is forbearing with him, hoping that gradually he may overcome the habit. One evening he goes to the club, where, under the influence of a glass too many, he expatiates to John, his friend, about George, his rival before his marriage, and how he won the girl who now is his wife. Returning home, he drops into a chair in the library and dozes off. In a dream it seems to him that he has found George and his wife in the house together. The husband and the lover quarrel. Compton kills his rival. He is arrested and is on the point of leaving his wife and his home forever, when he wakes up. The dream makes him realize what actually might happen if he continues to let his bad habit get the better of him. He promises Ruth that he will let the drink alone.”
Summary from Reel Life · 13 March 1915
