- John Marten, a millionaire twice over, is money mad and a slave driver. In his chase for millions he has completely overlooked his sweet wife and closed his heart for love. On the day of their tenth anniversary, of which occasion he has no knowledge, the men at his plant strike. Furious at their action he declares he will break them and import foreign labor. A message is received by his wife that the strikers intend killing him should he leave the house that day. Neglected and lonesome among her luxurious surroundings, her love for the money master is overpowering, and she is frantic with fear. Going up to the garret she brings down an old chest, and drawing a chair up to the fireplace, extracts one after the other various things which are reminiscent of the days when she and her husband were young. Her husband's heart is touched and memories awaken thick and fast as he gazes in the fireplace. They fondle the various objects, see a picture of their first meeting, their boy and girl courtship and finally their happy wedding dances before their eyes. Then the baby comes, and as he sits clasping the tiny shoe the flames reveal the picture of his thoughtless and indifferent ways. Memories of the little one's death and his absence at the time come before him and then the mad, mad struggle for money and more money. As each remembrance flares up and then dies, the thought of the strikers returns and he starts for the factory, but the wife manages to hold him by her side. Of a sudden the true nature of the man overwhelms him, and remembering it is the tenth anniversary of their wedding, he telephones his secretary to meet the demands of the strikers and remains home to make up for some of the lost years.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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