It is an adaptation of the short fictional story popularized in Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, about a boy who plugs a leaking dike with his finger to prevent it from bursting.

He, like all children of Holland, is early impressed with the fact that the safety of the whole community depends on the strength of the dike.

Realizing that if left to flow through even this small aperture, the water would soon break down the dike and flood the village, he sticks his tiny finger in the hole, and waits for someone to come to his assistance.

Lonergan was an experienced newspaperman employed by The New York Evening World while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions.

Blair Smith was the first cameraman of the Thanhouser company, but he was soon joined by Carl Louis Gregory who had years of experience as a still and motion picture photographer.

[5] The other members cast may have included the leading players of the Thanhouser productions, Anna Rosemond and Frank H. Crane.

[8] A review in The Moving Picture World was neutral because it lacked specific praise or criticism of the production.

[1] The film had a wide release, advertisements for the showing in theaters include those in Pennsylvania,[9][10] Oklahoma,[11] Indiana,[12] and Missouri.