Sergius, a fugitive from Russia, works in a California cannery. His daughter, Sophia, is put to picking fruit in the orchard. Soon, Ivan, the overseer, offers Sergius $500 for his daughter. Sergius agrees to the bargain. He knows that Sophia and young Nicholas are in love, but Ivan possesses the secret of Sergius' political record. Ivan attempts to take advantage of Sophia. Mrs. Gray, the owner's wife, protects the girl, and the overseer is discharged. Ivan compels Sergius to incite a strike and force the owner, by threatening to blow up the cannery, to pay higher wages. Nicholas disposes of the bomb in time to save the cannery, but Ivan is killed. In the excitement, Sergius is shot by Mr. Gray and Sophia, believing her father dead, goes to the owner's house to avenge the deed. There the sight of Mrs. Gray with her baby, looking strangely like the Holy Mother, stays the hand of the very religious girl. Nicholas comes to take Sophia to her wounded father, and Sergius blesses their love.
—Moving Picture World synopsis