It is the story of a young man who has inherited with his wealth a
craving for liquor, and a girl who has inherited a certain rebelliousness
and a tendency toward dangerous caprice. The two, meeting on the brink of
ruin, fight out their battles--two weaknesses joined with love to make a
strength.
It is sufficient to say of this novel that more than five million people
have read it. It has taken a permanent place among the best fiction of
the period.