Plot Summary:With an ultimatum from his landlady to the effect that he must pay up or get out of his studio, Robert Gordon, a young artist, takes a few of his paintings and goes out to sell them. He is unsuccessful, all the dealers being overstocked. On his way home he saves an old man from death under an automobile. The old gentleman is John Marshall, a master painter. He sees the paintings that Gordon is carrying and notices that he is evidently weak from starvation, in fact, he guesses at the young man's whole story. In gratitude for what Gordon has done for him, Marshall asks him to come to his home and study under him, which offer is gladly accepted. At Marshall's house Gordon meets Marise, the master's niece, and before long falls in love with her. Under Marshall's instruction Gordon progresses rapidly with his art and is soon engaged on a painting of Marise. The master himself is occupied with a painting that he imagines will be the crowning effort of his life. Marshall's painting, however,...