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Jim Sloan has been out of work for some time and his wife is ill in bed. One day he takes his child to the park and they see the children of rich families playing. Baby Sloan spies a little toy dog on the bench which she and her father ...See moreJim Sloan has been out of work for some time and his wife is ill in bed. One day he takes his child to the park and they see the children of rich families playing. Baby Sloan spies a little toy dog on the bench which she and her father occupy. She picks it up and plays with it. Her father, reading a piece of newspaper, doesn't notice. Presently one of the little girls sees Baby Sloan with her toy, runs over, and snatches it from her hand. Baby Sloan cries, the nurse runs up and takes away the rich child, looking back scornfully. Sloan tries to pacify the baby, but it's no use and they go home, where the mother sees that she's been crying and asks why, and the father explains. The next day the parents watch their child trying to fashion a doll from some old rags, finally despairing, and throwing the rags away and crying. Desperate, the father goes out, determined to get a toy of some kind for his child. Walking along the street he passes a toy shop. He goes in, and when no one is looking, takes a doll from the counter and goes out, but a customer saw him take it and tells the proprietor, who rushes out, calls a policeman, and follows Sloan. He is arrested and sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse. His ill health gets him sent to work in the garden, which is surrounded by a high fence. His wife and child visit him and he hands them vegetables. A keeper sees him and reports him to the warden, before whom he is summoned. The warden is harsh at first, but when Sloan tells him that he did it to save his little family from starvation, he softens, secretly determining to bring the matter before the judge. He does so, and amid great rejoicing, Sloan is set free and the court attachés contribute liberally. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less