Whoso Diggeth a Pit (1914)

Wally and the girl are in love The rich broker covets the girl but is rejected The broker bids the father goodbye just as the latter receives a telegram telling him that he is a large sum short on margins The broker reads and tells the father he will help him if he is allowed to marry the daughter The father agrees against his will The girl agrees to the selfsacrifice to save her fathers honor Money triumphs and the broker and the girl marry but as time goes on he illtreats her shamefully