She is in Washington, apparently the happy favorite of a brilliant society.

Her family have become enormously rich by one of those sudden turns, in fortune that the inhabitants of America are familiar with--the discovery of immense mineral wealth in some wild lands owned by them.

She is engaged in a vast philanthropic scheme for the benefit of the poor, by, the use of this wealth.

But, alas, even here and now, the same, relentless fate pursued her.

The villain Selby appears again upon the scene, as if on purpose to complete the ruin of her life.