A shepherdess falls in love with a wealthy young medical graduate. His mother disapproves of the relationship, so she devises a plan to keep her away from him. The plan succeeds, and the shepherdess is forced to marry an old rich man who loved her, but he dies shortly after the marriage, leaving her a fortune that a relative of his steals from her through trickery. On the train, she meets a cabaret pimp who takes her with her and they work in the cabaret.
