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Gertrude is engaged to Jim. Their respective fathers are pleased with the idea. The two old men are close friends, but neither of the children suspect that they work together in committing robberies throughout the town. They plan to break ...See moreGertrude is engaged to Jim. Their respective fathers are pleased with the idea. The two old men are close friends, but neither of the children suspect that they work together in committing robberies throughout the town. They plan to break into the bank, and late that night do so. They succeed in opening the safe and getting out the money. When they are getting away, the boy's father is captured, but Gertrude's father makes his escape with the money. His friends have made him promise that if anything happens he was to look after the boy. The next day the papers are full of the robbery and the fact that it was committed by one of the prominent men of the town. When Jim came to see Gertrude, her father, realizing the disgrace that will attach itself to the boy, turns Jim out and refuses to allow his daughter to marry him. Jim writes to his father in prison telling him that he shares his disgrace. The old man, hearing of his friend's falseness and realizing that he has broken his promise, soon finds a way to escape from prison. He goes to his friend's home, where a quarrel ensues. During this, Gertrude enters the room, hears Jim's father call her father a thief, who acknowledges it. She then learns the truth. Her father is forced to make restitution and to allow the children to marry. Convinced that his son's happiness is secure, the old man returns to his prison cell. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less