The young daughter of the broker dies, and his wife is heartbroken. All his attempts to arouse her out of her brooding fail. At last he tries an expedient suggested to him by the lovable character of a waif who serves him with papers. He purchases suitable clothes for her and orders them sent to the River Street house. His wife finds the bill, and believing that her husband leads a double life, determines to leave him. She returns for her dead child's playthings, sees the little girl asleep in the bed, swoons, and is revived by the touch of baby arms.