A story that begins in Italy with Rosa and Pietro happy in anticipation of their coming marriage shifts to New York, whence Rosa and Giuseppe, an Americanized countryman, have flown. Pietro is in pursuit, but locating Rosa in New York isn't easy. They meet later, after Giuseppe has deserted Rosa. From the effects of ill-treatment she dies, and Pietro adopts her child. Years later the two men meet face-to-face, and when Pietro would have revenge, the little girl intervenes. But the fright of meeting the man whom he knows has been pursuing him for years is too much for Giuseppe and he falls dead. In the tableau, a vision of Rosa appears as a fitting climax.
