Pitfalls
Clark Sanderson, a devotee of high refinement, is party to a pretty romance with Belle, which results in their engagement. Hal, Sanderson's brother, is a ne'er-do-well. He is the principal in an escapade with Celeste, a dancer, which results in his being expelled from college. He returns home and becomes acquainted with Belle. He is a man of the world and appeals to women while his brother, upon the exterior, is a musty student. Belle soon learns that it is Hal she loves and not Clark. Her engagement with the student is broken off and she marries Hal. Two years later Hal meets Celeste and all the old love is re-kindled. He leaves his wife for the dancer. Belle is so deeply wrought up over her husband's perfidy that she suffers a shock which impairs her eyesight and threatens to destroy her reason. In the hours of her suffering she does nothing except call for her husband. To save her reason, Clark impersonates his brother.
