After the First National Bank had officially closed for the day, a tardy depositor leaves $10,000 cash with Basil Brady, the receiving teller. Brady takes the money home where he and his wife hide it. The lure of the gold is great. To break its spell Brady goes to his club. During his absence a starving man staggers into the house in search of food. Mrs. Brady is about to shoot, believing him a burglar, but he pleads so eloquently for a bite to eat that she feeds him. Suddenly a noise is heard. The stranger takes the revolver; Mrs. Brady lowers the light, and they wait. A masked man enters and the stranger fires, wounding him in the arm. Mrs. Brady tears the mask from his face and discovers her husband.
—Moving Picture World synopsis