Alice Lorraine, the daughter of Sir Roland Lorraine, throws herself in the river to avoid marrying a drunk named Chapman but is rescued.
The hero and heroine, brother and sister, are children of Sir Roland Lorraine, representative of a very ancient family. When the hour for the ceremony approaches, she walks out and throws herself into the river, is carried a mile, rescued and resuscitated. Meantime his sister has been fighting a severe battle at homedefending herself against a plot to make her the wife of a drunken fellow named Chapman. 
