The film features Murdock MacQuarrie, Richard Rosson, Agnes Vernon and Lon Chaney.
Nathan heads West and settles down in a mining camp where he develops a reputation for being kind and charitable.
Bill's sweetheart, Jess, is a dance hall girl and when she has a slipper repaired by Nathan, he returns it to her with a note inside.
He leaves the boy in Nathan's custody and returns the stolen money, reporting that the robbers got away.
Moving Picture World wrote: "Mr. MacQuarrie shines greatest in a character role, and here is one that could not have been improved upon if it had been written especially for him.