- Frank Trent, raised by his father with an old-fashioned reverence for women, goes to the city where he obtains a job as an aide to corrupt politician Senator Briggs. Learning that Briggs, who is supporting the incumbent mayor, plans to smear his opponent, Mrs. Burke, by stirring up charges that her adopted daughter Margaret is actually her illegitimate child, Frank quits his job and determines to prove Mrs. Burke's innocence. Frank goes to New Orleans to obtain the records which prove that Mrs. Burke adopted Margaret after her parents were killed in a train wreck. Briggs sends his henchmen after Frank, who, after a series of narrow escapes, finally succeeds in obtaining the diary of the child's doctor which substantiates Mrs. Burke's story. Frank returns with the evidence to learn that his father, James Trent, is actually James Burke, Mrs. Burke's husband who left her because of the scandal. Exonerated of all charges, Mrs. Burke wins the election and reunites with her husband while Frank wins Margaret's love.—Pamela Short
- In a Western town Frank Trent and his father are living under an assumed name. Beginning to feel the stirrings of ambition, he announces his intention of going to a nearby city in search of work and an opportunity to make a name for himself. His father gives him a letter to Lawyer Briggs, an old friend. Frank excites the mirth of several boys, including the office boy in Lawyer Briggs' office, by his old-fashioned clothes. He gives the office boy the beating of his life, and the noise reaches the ears of the lawyer and Mrs. Burke, in the inner office. They come out, accompanied by Margaret, Mrs. Burke's foster daughter. Unknown to either of them, Mrs. Burke is really Frank's mother. Frank is impressed by the girl and accepts an invitation to dinner at the Burke home later. Mr. Briggs secures a position for the boy with McCloskey, a powerful politician, just then engaged in "arranging" the re-election of the mayor. Frank takes up his duties in the new position, but has misgivings when he learns of the motives of the men he is working for. Mrs. Burke is asked to accept the candidacy for mayor in opposition to the incumbent. She accepts. McCloskey is worried and sends for Mrs. McCloskey's butler, a henchman of his, and quizzes him to learn of anything in Mrs. Burke's past that could be used against her in the campaign. The butler remembers an old scandal, which accused Mrs. Burke of being the mother of Margaret, her supposed foster daughter. McCloskey is delighted. Frank hears this conversation and decides to join Mrs. Burke's forces and tells McCloskey of his decision. He goes to Mrs. Burke and tells her of the scheme to ruin her character. She pleads with McCloskey to withhold the story. This the politician refuses to do, and the next morning's papers are filled with the scandal. Frank offers his services to Mrs. Burke and she accepts them. She tells him that she adopted Margaret when the mother was killed in a train wreck, and that a doctor in New Orleans was present at the birth of the child. Frank decides to go to New Orleans and secure an affidavit proving Mrs. Burke's innocence. McCloskey, through the butler, learns of the plan and employs gangsters to waylay Frank. The boy writes to his father, telling of the mission. Realizing that the boy is shielding his own mother, the father goes to the city. Several attempts are made by the McCloskey emissaries to prevent Frank from reaching New Orleans. But the boy foils them and arrives in the southern city only to find that the doctor, who can provide the affidavit, has moved to New York. Frank returns to the city, encountering trouble with his pursuers. Upon arriving in the metropolis, he learns that the doctor is dead, but his widow shows Frank the diary. Unfortunately one of McCloskey's band has already removed the important pages. Frank recovers them after giving the thief a thorough beating. With this evidence in his possession Frank returns to the western city, where he finds that he not only has saved his sweetheart's name from disgrace, but has also been the means of reuniting his mother and father, who had been separated on account of the scandal.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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