Nita Moore ( Gladys Walton ), a circus performer, is mistreated by the ringmaster and runs away to join an old couple who are persuaded that Nita is their long lost daughter. Phillip Lessoway ( Niles Welch ), the couple's lawyer, falls in love with Nita, but after a quarrel he discovers and reveals to the adoptive parents that Nita is an impostor. Nita attempts suicide but is saved from a watery grave by Lessoway.