Mrs. Ann Barton, a former small-time criminal, has reformed in order to bring up her son as a fine, honest boy. Her husband, however, is persuaded by "The Weasel" to remain on the crooked path. The two men set off to rob slum doctor LeRoy Clifford's wife of her jewels, but at the doctor's home the two see Barton's boy critically injured after an automobile accident. Jim Barton decides then that he will go straight if the boy lives. His son recovers, and he and his wife reunite with the prospect of an honest life before them.—AFI