The story
“John Henderson and his wife are card sharpers who spend their time traveling on trains for the purpose of fleecing salesmen and others who while away the time playing poker and other games of chance. They have a distant relative who lives in a small country town, a widow with one daughter, Muriel. Upon the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Muriel comes to New York. Her remarkable beauty gives the Hendersons an idea. Furnishing Muriel with beautiful clothes they use her as a decoy to attract wealthy men to their apartments, where the visitors invariably are fleeced at the gaming table. Muriel is kept in ignorance of the dangerous game which her relatives are playing, and even when the Hendersons, hard pressed by the police, are forced to leave town she is told nothing of their plans. The Hendersons flee to the seashore where, at a large hotel, they pursue their former double life.
“Muriel meets Boyd, a young business man, at a seaside resort and falls in love with him. The young man is invited to meet the Hendersons and loses heavily to them at cards. He tells Muriel of his losses and Muriel, horrified to learn the role she has played in the past, realizes for the first time that the relatives for whom she cherished so much regard were merely unscrupulous gamblers. She denounces them, as a detective is about to place all three under arrest. Muriel establishes her innocence with Boyd’s help. The Hendersons are convicted and sentenced and Muriel weds the man of her choice.”
Summary from Reel Life · 4 July 1914
