Mr. Crawford, tired of meeting the ever-increasing bills contracted by his spendthrift son, Barney, orders him from his home. He embarks on a tempestuous career and is ultimately enmeshed in the clutches of the law for pocket picking, and confined in jail. Barney makes a spectacular escape and returns to his old haunts. While in a Chinatown resort, he prevents the robbery of Lois Jordan, who, with a party of friends, is sightseeing. She is the pampered daughter of a millionaire mining man. In the fray that follows, Barney is shot. Mr. Jordan, the girl's father, takes him to a hospital, and while there during his confinement, Lois frequently visits him. Barney determines to turn over a new leaf and lead an honorable life, and on his recovery, departs, leaving no clue as to his whereabouts. Despondent at his futile effort to find work, he meanders along Marble Hill Bridge, when he sees a woman fall overboard. He plunges into the stream and brings her safely to shore.