Plot

In the home of ease and refinement a new life opens to the girl. She no longer is obliged to resist the sordid way of poverty and sin. The woman's indulged son, overcome by his weakness and debt, robs his mother. It is then the girl saves the home from disgrace.—Moving Picture World synopsis

In this story we are shown the sins of society against the girl who struggles for her existence. More sinned against than sinning, she at length reaches an easier way, only to make a sacrifice of self in her secret love and gratitude for her benefactor. At the beginning of the picture she is working in a sweatshop where hundreds of other girls are employed. She attracts the attention of the owner, but upon her refusal to accept the easy path which he offers, he discharges her. At the end of her resources, she seeks employment. The want ads yield nothing. Two white slavers are about to lure her away with their false promises when a minister happens along. He rescues the girl from her predicament, and believing the girl's story, realizes that she is a victim of circumstances and resolves to help her. A few days later she visits his mission in the settlement as she promised, and there meets a lady of means who is interested in philanthropic work. This woman agrees to take the girl home and give her a chance as a maid and companion. The woman herself, however, is not without her own troubles. She has indulged her son to the breaking point so that now he is little else than a weakling and a gambler. The girl, however, is pleased with his kindly interest in her. Later, the son loses all the money he borrowed from his mother. He had none to pay his gambling debts. To him there is only one way open. That night he returns. The girl hears him, and coming down into the hallway she finds him opening his mother's safe. He takes out her necklace and puts it in his pocket. He stumbles against a chair, the girl dodges behind a curtain, which fell between the door leaning into the next room. The butler and the mother appear. The police are summoned. On their arrival they demand that a search of the house be made. The son denies all knowledge of the crime. It is then that the girl steps forward. In her secret love and gratitude for the young man she refuses to incriminate him, and going to the flower pot where he deposited the necklace, she takes it and assumes the guilt herself. It is then that the young man's manhood asserts itself. He calls back the officers and confesses his own guilt. The mother withdraws the charge and the affair is closed. Several months later a letter arrives from the west. It is to the mother and it ends something like this: "and I find your son one of my most trusted employees." The woman kisses the little maid upon the cheek, gives her the letter and goes out of the room. The little maid is honored at the kiss. She reads the letter but is very sad. Why?—Moving Picture World synopsis