John Wright, a wealthy lawyer, refuses to consent to the marriage of his daughter Alice to Henry Searck. Further, be emphatically tells his daughter to leave his home. A few years later, her husband now dead, she makes a living for herself and young daughter by sewing. The daughter Ruth, a child of twelve, wins a musical contest at school and is awarded with a check for a thousand dollars. One of the judges, taking a liking to Ruth, escorts her to her home where he meets her mother. He is overjoyed at discovering that Ruth's mother is his daughter Alice.
