Anna, against the wishes of her friends and father, marries John Golden, who was deemed unworthy of her. The first few months of her married life convinced her that she had probably erred when she followed the dictates of her heart. John, addicted to liquor, dragged her down to the depths of poverty, forcing her to live in the squalor of the congested tenement district. One day she whispered to him a single word. From then on he took a firm foothold on himself and for the first time in many months the young wife recognized the husband of her ideals. Where he had been a loafer and a social outcast he became a diligent worker and looked forward to the day when he could resume his old place among the better people of the community. He saves his father-in-law from the hands of a mob. When the old man learns that his worthless son-in-law has at last decided to make a man out of himself and when he hears he is soon to be a grandfather, he relents and harmony and happiness reigns in the Golden household in anticipation of the coming heir.
—Moving Picture World synopsis