One day, a slick young Snob from the East arrives in Maplehurst and Ruth is taken in by his flashy clothes and fast car.
She later gives birth to their child in a rundown big city boarding house, and the snob's family refuses to even see her when she goes to them for help.
A local pimp (Lon Chaney) suggests that she become a prostitute, and Ruth starts to consider suicide; however, an elderly, childless couple take an interest in her and her baby.
Moving Picture World wrote: "A three-reel number, written by Beatrice Van and produced by Allan Dwan.
Pauline Bush is featured as a country girl lured to the city by a visiting stranger, who soon deserts her.
Motion Picture News wrote: "This drama featuring Pauline Bush and Rupert Julian contains just a plain story and nothing of the impossible.