Selena Merrick anticipated having a pleasant vacation in New Orleans. She was even light hearted enough to joke with a group of conventioneers who mistakenly though she was a lady of the night.

Chance barkley, however, overhearing Selena's foolish words about the fees she supposedly charged, took them seriously and insisted on hiring her services. Selena managed to escape him, but when they met again on board a Mississippi steamboat she knew her luck had run out...