- Mr. Merwin, a rich manufacturer, is a pillar of the church. Fearing that his end is near and wishing to atone for his lack of charity in the past and being very much impressed by a sermon delivered by Rev. Smug, he decides to donate a large amount of money for the benefit of the heathens. Rev. Smug is very successful in his appeal to his congregation on behalf of foreign missions. Red Mike and Curly, two crooks, read in the papers of the money that is pouring in for the benefit of the foreign missions. Believing that they could possibly use some of the money and recognizing the fact that they are heathens, they decide to rob the house of Rev. Smug. But Red Mike's woman, Madge, gets jealous of Mike's attentions to another woman. In her jealous rage, she informs the police of the intended robbery. The police lay a trap for the two crooks. Madge, truly loving her man and repenting of her action, follows Mike to the scene of the robbery. The crooks fall into the trap laid by the police. Madge helps Red Mike to escape. Mike makes his getaway all right and would have been perfectly safe, but his tender heart is touched by the appeal of a little flower girl who has been unsuccessful in selling her flowers. She tells him that her stepmother will not allow her to return home until she has at least a dollar. This good action on Mike's part, allows the police who have been pursuing to catch up with him. There is a battle. Mike is mortally wounded and dies in Madge's arms. Merwin, the rich man, also dies. The recording angel weighs in the balance the various acts of the two dead men. Red Mike's sins have been varied and many. Merwin's sins have also been many, but always committed under the cloak of respectability. The recording angel weighs in the balance the last act in their lives. He puts the check for $50,000 donated by Mr. Merwin, in the hope of saving his soul in one scale, then counter-balances it with the crumpled dollar bill that Red Mike, the thief, gave the little girl. Knowing God's ways, he is not at all surprised to discover that the crumpled dollar bill, that Red Mike gave outbalances by far the check for $50,000 so nobly donated by Mr. Merwin.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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