Don McFadden, an East Side gunman and member of the Gopher gang, of which Schwartz is leader, is in love with Lola, a girl of his neighborhood. The Gopher gang gives a ball, which is broken up by a bunch of rival gangsters. In the fracas, Lola is shot through the shoulder and is taken to the hospital, where she is kindly treated by the nurse and Dr. Deering. Upon her recovery, the doctor's wife gives her a place as housemaid in their home. When Schwartz learns this, he compels Dan, as a member of the gang, to go to the doctor's house to rob it. Dan sends Lola a note, asking her to arrange to let him in, and stating his purpose in coming. She admits him. And then she tells Dan that she has done so, not to facilitate the theft, but to show him something. She leads him where he can see Dr. Deering, his wife and children, happily gathered about the evening fire. The doctor is reading to the children. A submerged chord in the young criminal's nature is roused, and he and Lola go to the priest's house where they are married.