Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns       She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori       When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership       She shoots him       Her husband takes the blame       In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob       Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc      wwu      edu}　　Richard Hardy, a hardworking stockbroker, labors overtime to keep up with the ruinous bills incurred by his beautiful but irresponsible wife Edith, a venal, spoiled socialite who is impervious to his pleas for fiscal restraint       Acting on what she believes to be an insider information, she impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the Red Cross charity she chairs for a stock tip       When she finds the money has been lost, she desperately turns to a Japanese ivory trader with whom she has been thoughtlessly flirting and persuades him to replace the money in exchange for an assignation       When her husband's long-awaited business deal finally materializes, she desperately tries to withdraw from their agreement by replacing the money       Angered and disappointed with her resistance to his advances, he uses a branding device to mark her shoulder as his property       Feeling violated, Edith shoots him in the shoulder and leaves       In order to protect his wife's reputation, Richard confesses to the crime and faces trial for attempted murder       Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol      com)