Just after Bob's fiancée breaks off their engagement, he meets young Mary, whose mother has just died, and the two of them comfort each other.

Little Mary, a youngster of the slums, is left motherless when her father attacks her mother. Alone in the world, her father having deserted her, she creeps into a standing automobile and falls sound asleep. Meanwhile, Bob Daley, engaged to Sylvia Sanford, comes to the home of his fiancée a "little the worse for wear," and she promptly breaks the betrothal. Discouraged and disgusted with himself, he hires an automobile to take him home. It is the car in which the poor youngster has taken refuge from a pitiless world, and as Daley settles back in the cushions he is confronted by the curly head of the child. Moved by the utter helplessness of the little one, Bob takes her to his home, where she is received by Mr. and Mrs. Daley with open arms. Bob's father then notices that something is wrong between Sylvia and his son, and determines to use his influence to bring them together. He uses the child as a medium for the reconciliation and all is well.—Moving Picture World synopsis

Bob celebrates his engagement to Sylvia by going out drinking with his friends, which causes him to be late for a date with his fiancée. When Bob then lies to her about where he was, Sylvia breaks off the engagement. Meanwhile, young Mary is at home with her ailing mother when her drunken father arrives and beats Mary's mother until she is dead. In the resulting confusion, Mary wanders off and is met by the despondent Bob. He takes her home to his parents, who agree to care for her. In return, Mary is a source of comfort for Bob, and the broken engagement plus the knowledge of what happened to Mary's mother convinces Bob to give up drinking forever. Meanwhile, Bob's father tries to encourage Sylvia to come back.—Snow Leopard