Dudley Leake gets drunk at his bachelor party and misses his wedding to Mary Bogle. While drunk, he describes a brief fling he had back in 1914. Shortly after, a young man by the name of Joe Piper introduces himself to Dudley and claims to be his illegitimate son from that brief fling. He proceeds to blackmail his supposed father, threatening to expose their relationship to the wealthy Bogle family. Dudley must find a way to silence the blackmailer, to save his marriage. He also must find out whether or not Joe is really his son.
—Dimos I