Carson Cole uses his technology to prop up the failing factory, owned by his wife Rosalind Sullivan's family, but she conspires with her lover, Marcus Dalton, to have him removed as Chief Technology Officer. Enraged, Carson Cole revokes his patents, causing the factory to collapse. Rosalind Sullivan sues for divorce to seize the patents, scammed out of her family fortune by Marcus Dalton. Carson Cole retakes control of the factory, leaving Rosalind Sullivan with nothing.