His Crucible

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Edward Marsden, a wealthy widower, weds Helen Belden, a girl of twenty, after having promised his son, Alfred, who is older than she is, never to take a second wife. The son meets May Worthe, an adventuress, and agrees to go away with her. The father then disinherits his son. Mrs. Marsden takes up settlement work and when Alfred is arrested with May for trying to smuggle a string of pearls into the United States she obtains Alfred's release. He then becomes a settlement worker. May threatens Alfred, but Mrs. Marsden saves him and proves to her husband that his son has reformed, and the family is reunited.