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Ned Prentiss, returning to America on the Wauritania, falls in love with Celeste le Fevre. Although she returns his affection. Celeste tells him she cannot marry until she has performed a certain mission. Fabulo Orrin, on the same vessel, ...See moreNed Prentiss, returning to America on the Wauritania, falls in love with Celeste le Fevre. Although she returns his affection. Celeste tells him she cannot marry until she has performed a certain mission. Fabulo Orrin, on the same vessel, loses a ring which Prentiss finds just as the vessel docks. Orrin is taken critically ill. Prentiss, unable to find the owner of the ring, wears it. The American loses track of Celeste. The latter goes to the Grand Hotel where, after exchanging certain signs with Cuneo, the head barber, she is employed as manicurist. Prentiss registers at the hotel and is astounded when he meets the girl he loves. Celeste sees the ring on his hand. It causes her to regard the young man with hatred. That evening, the girl breaks into Prentiss' room and ransacks his papers, returning unexpectedly, Ned catches her in the act. Again the sight of the ring on his hand agitates Celeste. Sensing something wrong, Prentiss informs her as to the manner in which the ring came into his possession. Celeste tells her story. It appears that her father, a member of a secret political organization abroad, had been betrayed by Fabulo Orrin and shot. The girl thereupon joined the society and took a solemn oath to avenge his death. Although Celeste had never seen Orrin, the ring he wore was one of the identifying marks. When the girl's story is finished Prentiss informs her of Orrin's death. Breaking down. Celeste throws herself into her sweetheart's arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less