Roscoe Harding, a newspaper photographer in India, meets Prince Chan. The Prince coaxes Harding to return with him to the Prince's palace in order to take flashlight photographs of the ladies in his harem. When Harding arrives at the palace, he is locked in his room, and later receives a mysterious note telling him that after he has photographed Prince Chan's wives he will be killed, and he is urged to escape. He discovers that a beautiful young English girl is kept a prisoner in an apartment below him. Tarus, the keeper of the elephants, also warns Harding of his danger. Harding and Tarus overcome the Prince in Harding's apartment, and with the aid of a rope they lower themselves to the ground, rescuing Joan, the beautiful girl prisoner. After a sensational chase by elephants Harding and Joan escape, and Tarus, after killing Prince Chan, sacrifices his life for the English girl. Joan tells Harding that Prince Chan had abducted her and brought her a prisoner to his palace.
