O. Henry debates writing a fictional version of a current news story with his publisher, Col. Derbin (Russ Thorson). A lawyer (Larry Dobkins) develops aphasia (memory loss) and disappears. When he is found living in a New York hotel his wife (Mary Shipp) and doctor visit him. The husband is then given the unique opportunity to romance and fall in love with his wife a second time while she discovers a kinder side of him she never knew.