Joseph Bleeker, a hardy, honest, rural type, lives with his daughter in a home, made rather unhappy by the absence of a mother. The death of Mrs. Bleeker has made her husband downcast in spirit and all his daughter’s attempts to liven him up are unavailing. About the picture of his wife, which is prominently hung in the centre of the living room wall, crystallize all his thoughts and dreams. In some intangible way, this picture guides the destiny of the family. This is forcibly illustrated by a little love affair of his daughter, Marian, who elopes with a metropolitan actor. She comes back after she is deserted; and only the spirit of the picture of her mother, prevents her unforgiving father from turning her away.