Lupino Delchini, a waiter in a little restaurant, is discharged for giving food to a penniless beggar, and Detective Hartley rewards the Italian by getting him an appointment as pound master. Flora is attracted to Lupino by his kindness, but when he adopts a small Belgian boy, he falls in love with Madame Maureveau, whom he believes to be the boy's mother. Madame Maureveau accepts his marriage offer only to avoid being deported; she's actually in love with Hartley, who traces her real son to another family. Renouncing his engagement, Delchini finds happiness with the boy and Flora.—AFI
Lupino Delchini is an Italian immigrant who works behind a lunch counter at Gustave Koppel's establishment. One day, a hungry cripple enters the restaurant, begging for food. Koppel attempts to throw the man out, but Luigi interferes and buys the man a meal. This causes Luigi to lose his job. Despite this, Luigi forces the man to accept part of his wages. But the man he befriended is actually an undercover investigator named Clyde Hartley, who is gathering evidence against Koppel. Koppel and his wife are conducting a school for pickpockets in their basement. Hartley uses his influence to get Luigi a job as master at the city pound. In his new position, Luigi refuses to let any stray dogs be euthanized. One day, a young war waif and a stray dog he has been following arrive at the pound. Luigi takes them both in, and continues to be a good friend and helper to everyone.
Flora Valenzi, who lives in the same boarding house as Luigi, loves him from afar, but he is unaware of her feelings. Charlotte Mauvereau, a widowed Belgian refugee, arrives looking for her son, who was separated from her during the war. She is led to Luigi's quarters, where Luigi falls for her. But Charlotte falls for Hartley, yet pledges to marry Luigi because of his kindness to the boy, and because she fears deportation.
Luigi goes shopping for Charlotte's trousseau. But then he overhears a conversation between her and Hartley, in which she reveals her real feelings. Luigi then "jilts" her. Eventually Koppel's place is raided, and it is revealed that the boy living with Luigi is not Charlotte's son. Hartley finds the actual son, and Charlotte promises to marry him. Luigi then discovers that Flora is his real love, and the two find happiness, raising their little waif together.
