Grocery clerk James Clarke pilfers $500 to send his ailing sister to a more healthful climate. Frederick Payton, a fellow employee, learns of the theft and blackmails him, but both men are eventually arrested and sent to prison. While a motion-picture company is filming inside Sing Sing, James mixes in with the players, later returning with them to the Fort Lee studio of the World Film Corp. Following his escape, James assumes a different name and successfully establishes himself in another town. Payton, who has served out his sentence, finds James happily engaged to Catherine Hudson, the boss's daughter, but when Payton again threatens to blackmail him, James decides to reveal his true identity and complete his prison sentence. Catherine promises to wait for James, who returns to prison with a clear conscience.—Pamela Short

Young cashier James Clarke robs his employers to provide medical attention for his sick sister. She dies and a fellow employee of Clarke's discovers his theft and blackmails him. Both are eventually found out, prosecuted and sent to prison. By a series of chances, James Clarke escapes from jail, gets a job, is earning an honest living, and has won the love of a girl whose life he saved. After serving his full sentence, his fellow thief Payton discovers Clarke and once more blackmails him, attacking the happiness of his fiancée and her brother and taunting Clarke with cowardice. From this terrible situation Clarke escapes by voluntarily returning to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence. He has "found" himself. He knows that when he finally leaves the jail, Catherine, who has promised to be his wife, will be waiting to help him start life afresh.—Moving Picture World synopsis