MRS. PARKINGTON.

Susie Parkington, an elderly society matron and widow of the wealthy businessman and financier Major Augustus Parkington is visited by her many relatives, with the exception of her beloved great-granddaughter Jane. As a teenager, Susie helps her mother run a boarding house for silver miners in Leaping Frog, Nevada. Augustus marries Susie and takes her away to New York City. Augustus angrily vows revenge against the non-attendees, and manages to force many of them out of business. Susie becomes a recluse for a year and Augustus moves to England, renting a lavish country home.