A young expectant mother's husband dies while away at war, leaving the unprepared youth to care for her newborn alone. She is neglectful, and soon loses custody of her child after an accident, but gets help from an old con-artist friend who is now reformed.
Freeman plays an unhappy young woman who was raised by her thoughtless mother to take what she wanted out of life without regard for others. While this approach brings her material gain, she is unlucky in romance until she reforms her outlook.