Jim Broughton quarrels with Tom Collins and knocks Tom against the curb. Jim believes he has killed him, and robs a detective to get money to flee. The detective determines to "get" the man who robbed his house, feeling sure he can identify him by a long scar and a twisted finger on his left hand. Years pass. Broughton has married and is happy when the detective, passing through the foundry in which he works, thinks he recognizes Broughton. Broughton, in desperation, plunges his hand into a mold of molten metal, and thus destroys the detective's only clue.