Toby Locke secretly works as a loan shark to support his mentally unstable wife, Judith. He is soon heavily in debt to the citys mobsters. Fearing for his life, Toby kills one of the crooks and tries to escape town with Judith. The delicate girl is horrified by her husbands secret life, and attempts suicide. Recovering in a convalescent home, Judith falls in love with her doctor, Craig Mitchell. This newfound peace is endangered when Toby arrives looking for her, with the mobsters he owes money to hot on his tail