Edwin Drake, disowned by his wealthy father for lack of self-sufficiency, is unable to get a job and becomes a tramp. But after a prophetic vision, he discovers his better self and his regeneration begins. He obtains a job, quickly progressing to a key position. At the same time, Sarah Holmes is being taught to think positively by her friend, The Professor. Quite by accident, she meets Mrs. Drake, who takes a liking to her and treats her as her own daughter. One day Mrs. Drake is lamenting about her estranged son and shows Sarah a picture of Edwin. Sarah recognizes him as the young man who lives in her boardinghouse. She arranges for Mrs. Drake to be reunited with her now successful son, and eventually she becomes Mrs. Drake's daughter-in-law.—AFI