Plot

Deserted by her husband and three sons, Ma Tumble supports herself and her small daughter, Falfi, by farming. Fifteen years later, her youngest son, Jim, returns to her, wanted by the law for his part in a bank robbery. At Falfi's insistence, Ma hides Jim from the sheriff's posse and later moves with her family to another town, where she opens a restaurant. Jim gets a job guarding payrolls and ore shipments at a local mine. Recently released from jail, Pa Tumble and the other sons find Ma Tumble and, discovering Jim's job, force him to help them rob an ore shipment. After the robbery, Ma calls Jim a vile coward and forbids him to return until he proves himself a man. Brought to his senses, Jim kills one of his brothers and brings his father and other brother to justice. Jim is then welcomed back by his mother and sister and acclaimed a hero by the grateful populace.—AFI

Deserted by her shiftless husband and three sons, Ma Tumble works the little farm and raises her infant daughter, Falfi. Fifteen years later Falfi finds a stranger who proves to be the youngest son, Jim. Falfi pleads so with Ma that she lets him stay. The arrival of the sheriff finds Jim crazed with fear as he aided his father and brothers in a bank robbery. A soldier appears and tells the family Jim died in France a hero. To escape the law, the family moves to another state and Falfi opens a restaurant. All goes well until Pa and the boys appear. The soldier, Tod, now a mine owner, gets him a job as guard at the mine and, though afraid, Jim accepts. When money is to be transported, his shiftless father makes him change uniforms with his brother and they rob the money wagon. Jim, cowering with fear, binds himself to the bed, but Ma discovers the deception and he admits he was always a coward and in France hid so as to be captured. He slinks away from the house in terror and meets his father and brothers. The youngest taunts him with being yellow and suddenly he finds himself and fights them all. Finally his younger brother aids him and they subdue the others. Jim is again proclaimed a hero and Tod marries Falfi.—Moving Picture World, February 14, 1925