After Mary Willis leaves her husband, Fred, for life in the city, their daughter, Dolly, is placed in a convent school. Several years pass and Mary is now working in an underworld roadhouse, financed by a suspicious Italian named Tony Leonardo. Mary seeks Dolly out at the convent and induces her to work at the roadhouse. When Leonardo falls in love with Dolly, Mary coerces her into marrying him. The girl's life is wretched until one night, Leonardo is killed during a raid and Dolly is freed to return to her father. She pleads with him to forgive Mary, and the three are reunited.