- After political boss Tim Noland adopts Roy, a dead crony's infant son, he reluctantly gives the boy up to a doctor who claims that if he's raised in a respectable environment, he will grow into a model citizen. Roy returns 20 years later to live with Tim and is appalled at his unscrupulous methods of conducting business. Then he falls in love with Enid Winslow, the daughter of a social reformer who is running for office against Tim. Largely due to Roy's financial support, Winslow wins the election, but, holding a grudge against Tim and anyone connected to him, he refuses to let Enid marry Roy. The breach between the families is healed, however, and the marriage planned, when Tim offers to pay all of Winslow's campaign debts.—Pamela Short
- Jerry Simpson, a politician, spies upon Big Tim Noland, leader of a notorious gang, and tries to ingratiate himself in Tim's favor by offering him the job of lieutenant, hoping thus to swing a big majority of votes for the coming election. But Tim refuses. Simpson plans with Connors, chief of the detectives, to "get" Tim. Slim, who has been refused membership in the gang because of lack of nerve, is captured by Connors as he leaves the rendezvous of the gang and tries to obtain information from him. Tim notices that Slim keeps a cool head and admires his pluck, so he walks up and tells Connors to keep his hands off his friends. Tim's gang start to pull a job, but is caught by Connors and his men who, after a struggle, arrest Tim and Slim. They are sentenced to a year in the penitentiary. Slim becomes very despondent and Tim, feeling sorry for him, writes to saloonkeeper Billy Massy, asking him to take care of Slim's wife, as he has money in the bank and will pay him when he is free. The day their sentences expire Connors calls on the warden and requests that he be allowed to talk with Tim. When Tim appears Connors tries to intimidate him and bully him, but Tim, after explaining that he intends to be on the square, loses his patience, and seeing that Connors will not let him alone, knocks him down. The detective orders the warden to arrest Tim. The warden refuses, saying that he tried to give a free man the third degree and deserved the punishment. Tim goes with Slim to his room and finds Slim's wife dying, a neighbor attending to the child and the sick woman. After getting Tim and Slim to promise to bring the baby up honestly, the wife dies. Tim tries hard to secure work for himself and Slim, but Connors and his men thwart them at every step. Some of the old gang meet the two men and urge them to go back to the old life, but Tim stands firm in his resolve to go straight, and will have nothing to do with them. Slim is a week character and decides to join them in spite of Tim's protests. The following evening Slim does not come home and Tim decides to look for him. So placing the baby in the coal box, he starts out. Meeting the burly policeman, Tim pleads with him not to hound them any longer and the officer agrees to lay off. Slim is killed in a brawl and Connors and his men lay this crime upon Tim and he is arrested. The burly policeman, however, proves his innocence. Jerry Simpson has become Alderman of the Seventh Ward and is holding a reception to welcome all his friends. He is having a discussion with Dr. Breevoort, who holds that there is no such thing as hereditary criminal instinct, Dr. Brevoort declaring that he is willing to prove his statements by adopting any child of criminal parents that Simpson will produce. During the evening Tim, having become desperate, calls on Simpson asking for work, explaining that he has Slim's baby to support. Simpson then recalls Dr. Brevoort's offer and tells Tim that the doctor will adopt the baby, which he does. Fifteen years have passed and Tim, who has been aided by Simpson, has become a wealthy politician, is looking forward to having Slim's baby, Roy Brevoort, who has just attained his majority, to live with him, according to the agreement with the doctor when he allowed him to adopt the child. Roy is engaged to Enid Winslow, whose father is leader of the Purity League in opposition to Tim's party. When Winslow finds that Roy has gone to live with his enemy he declares the engagement broken. Roy goes to Tim with his trouble and Tim calls on Winslow, who is insulting to him. Tim loses his temper and knocks the man down, but on returning home he has a stroke of paralysis. Roy, calling on Enid, learns what Tim has done and is very angry, declaring that he will no longer remain under Tim's control. Tim having a deep love for the boy, writes to him, enclosing a check for $25,000. Roy tears up the cheek. Winslow has won the election, but lost all his money on the stock market, and when he sees the torn check begs Roy to request him to loan him the money. Roy and Enid, in company with her father, find Tim at the seashore recuperating. When Roy makes known his errand Tim announces that Winslow will personally have to request the money, but gives him a check. As the three disappear, Tim, broken-hearted, falls with another stroke. Tim, upon awakening, finds love and appreciation ever by his side in the hearts of the two young people.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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