The story
“Nell Rogers comes from Maine to search for her brother, who has not written home in years. Jim Kelly, a gangster, finds her sobbing on a park bench and takes her to his home. Later they are married, and Jim promises to give up his old life. Five months later Jim loses his job and Nell falls ill. Jim looks up his old pal, Harry, ‘The Rat,’ and together they plan the robbery of a safe. That night Harry is working hard on the safe when Jim, remembering his promise to his sick wife, decides to ‘chuck the job.’ Harry, thinking he is to be betrayed, closes with Jim, and in the fight which follows is knocked unconscious. Jim returns to his sick wife. Upon recovering consciousness Harry determines to ‘get’ Jim and steals up to his pal’s door. While listening through the half-open door he learns that Nell is his sister and the real reason why Jim had failed to help him crack the safe. Slipping a roll of bills into the astounded Jim’s hands, Harry kisses his sister and leaves.”
Summary from Reel Life · 18 July 1914
