David Walters, losing heavily on the stock market, and sooner than face his wife and daughter with disgrace, he decided to commit suicide. He takes a poison which is not strong enough to kill him, but which puts him in a deep sleep. He dreams of his wife and daughter thrown into poverty, his daughter compelled to work in a factory and about to become the prey of a rounder. He wanders through the scenes, suffering the tortures of the damned, but unable to assist his loved ones. The spell wears off and he comes to himself to find his wife and daughter well, and his supposed losses gains.
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