Mrs. Clemens, blind, hires Garda Willis, a girl of questionable character, as her companion. Ralph Clemens, on his return from college, falls under the spell of the fascinating beauty and she leads him on to spend every cent he gets on her. Mrs. Clemens, not dreaming of this state of affairs, is very kind to her companion, who softens to the old lady under this better influence. But she does not let up on the boy. Coveting a diamond star, worn by one of Mrs. Clemens’s friends, she makes this known to Ralph and hints that if he gets it for her she will accept his proposal and elope with him. The boy manages to get the jewel and gives it to Garda, who foolishly displays it on her gown. She is arrested. Mrs. Clemens is heart-broken over the girl’s predicament. Garda is given the third degree and refuses to confess. Later, realizing that the mother’s heart will break when she knows her boy committed the crime, the woman takes the full blame on her shoulders and confesses to the theft. That night, the boy, at his mother’s side, realizes Garda is paying the penalty for his foolish act, and that his mother will never know the truth.