The Wrong road to happiness is taken by Clare, a widow of twenty years. Her father refusing his consent to her marriage, she runs away with Paquito, leaving her little boy to the care of her father. Clare and Paquito make a success as professional dancers, and they perform in the fashionable casinos for their bread. Clare, however, is deserted by the handsome and faithless Paquito, and she comes to know what real hunger and fatigue are. And so, repentant and wronged, she makes her way back to the old familiar cottage, where he child awaits her, and at the sight of them together, her father receives her back and forgives.
—Moving Picture World synopsis