[1][2] As described in a film magazine,[3] Jerome Trevor (Hardy), international pianist, pays a visit to an orphanage and is deeply struck by the talent of blind lass Rose Duncan (Mackaill) for violin playing.

Learning that she has an uncle in New York City, he decides to make arrangements by which she can live with her relative and be advanced in her art.

Jimmy Harrison (Rennie), a member of the gang, falls under the magic of Roses's wonderful music and her gentle ways.

Rose is unaware that she is consorting with criminals and utilized to attract people to the front of a house while the gang operates in the rear.

However, after a famous surgeon states that Rose's sight can be restored by an operation, the gang decides to commit one final robbery to obtain the money.