Old Jacques, a veritable patriarch among street musicians, notices a pretty but ill-clad girl subjected to all manner of insults, while endeavoring to sell papers in the café. Greatly incensed, he goes to her assistance. After rescuing her from her tormentors, he learns that she has no home, and insists upon taking her under his protection. In his attic room he patiently instructs her to play the violin, and together they go forth daily to earn a scant living. They work cheerfully in this manner until one day the pretty face of the girl attracts the attention of a young man, who tries to persuade her to run away and marry him. This she finally agrees to do, leaving old Jacques to find consolation in his music. The marriage does not prove happy for very long, however, and one day the poor girl finds herself deserted, and utterly in want. In her despair she reluctantly returns to her former benefactor. Old Jacques understands her misery, and tenderly receives her buck to share his humble abode. He forgives and forgets her past weakness, and together they enter upon a new and happier existence.
—Moving Picture World synopsis