- Hard-working insurance-company bookkeeper John Carter comes home on Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier Charles Ryder is murdered by the night watchman, a "coke-sniffer" in need of money, and Carter is accused because he worked with Ryder that evening. During intense third-degree police questioning, Carter acts guilty, but cub reporter Ned Fowler, who loves Carter's daughter Helen, intervenes. After the watchman, arrested for fighting and in need of drugs, confesses, Carter is released, but insurance company president Ira Wolcott will not reinstate him because of his notoriety. During the next year, Carter fails to find work because of his age. As Easter approaches and his life-insurance premium comes due, Carter decides to kill himself in a gas-filled hotel room so that his starving family can collect the insurance money. When Carter's little daughter Nellie strays into Wolcott's yard, Wolcott learns about Carter's plight and rescues him. Carter returns to work, and Helen becomes engaged to Ned.—Pamela Short
- John Carter, a bookkeeper in an insurance company in a small town, is arrested on a charge of murdering Charles Ryder, a cashier. Afterwards, the night watchman is arrested for fighting and deprived of the "dope" he is addicted to; he confesses himself guilty of the crime. Then Carter finds that the president of the company will not reinstate him in his old position on account of the notoriety he has gained. In spite of all his efforts, Carter cannot get a position and his family is reduced to want. He leaves a note on the table in his home, saying that he has gone to a hotel to kill himself; his motive is to provide for his family by his insurance. Nellie, his little daughter, strays into the yard of Ira Wolcott, the president of the insurance company. He finds out from her the destitution of the family and rescues Carter. A scene is shown of the family a few weeks later: They have been restored to their former modest state of prosperity and happiness. Ned Fowler, a clever young reporter who has aided Carter, becomes engaged his daughter Helen.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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