"Lucky" Walden, a former power lineman turned criminal, faces execution but his sentence is commuted. Despite a heroic act, he resumes illegal activities, drawn back to the criminal underworld after his release from prison.

"Lucky" Walden is a power lineman-turned-criminal. He is due to go to the electric chair, which he helps prison electricians wire correctly, when his sentence is commuted for an act of heroism. But he finds the wrong side of the law more attractive, and returns to his nefarious ways.—Jim Beaver <[email protected]>