A busy man neglects his wife; even his son's serious illness fails to keep him home and the boy dies in his absence. A friend in love with the woman takes advantage of every opportunity to be with her. A youth driven to desperation breaks into her home and she captures him at gunpoint. He breaks down sobbing and tells her a story of privation which touches her heart, and she gives him some money and a photograph of her dead son as a reminder that the only road to happiness is the straight path. One year later, still neglected, when the friend pleads with her to elope with him, she finally consents. At that moment, the youth comes back to return the money, and when the woman doesn't remember him, he shows her the photograph of her son and it brings back her words that the only road to happiness is the straight road, and she recoils in horror at her contemplated deed. Her husband suffers a breakdown from overwork and finds his wife sobbing on their departed son's little bed; he realizes his fault and begs her forgiveness for his neglect. He casts aside business cares and takes her on a second honeymoon.
—Moving Picture World synopsis