Arline Blackburn

Young Annabelle succumbs to tuberculosis and dies, leaving her admirer distraught and without an emotional anchor.

A naive young man raised poor in a small town, comes to New York City to make his fortune. Overwhelmed by the city's hustle and bustle, and entranced by the rich and sophisticated high-society types he comes into contact with, he eventually finds himself caught up in the city's seedy underworld.