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A plain wife who has married a rich man invents a tale about the ownership of a hair piece which he has brought her. It is 'The Forger's Daughter' - a daughter commits suicide to prevent her step-mother blackening her father's name. (PB)
The story of Rachel Gray and her forty years of loveless marriage to Adam Gibson. Their daughter Winifred, the only surviving child of seven, falls in love with the son of her father's enemy and her sufferings as her lover fights in the Civil War bring changes to all their lives. (PB)