Second-story man Bill Kenare is sent to jail for seven years by wealthy manufacturer Charles Spaulding, who takes pity on Kenare's wife and two-year-old son Henry. He adopts Henry and employs his mother as nurse. Kenare escapes before his time and joins a band of gypsy kidnappers. Anxious to get even with the man who sent him to prison, Kenare agrees to steal the rich manufacturer's little son, as he supposes Henry to be. In the guise of a blind vagabond, he meets the boy and beguiles him with wonderful stories of a gypsy's adventures. On the day set for Henry's capture, Kenare chances upon his wife on the Spaulding grounds and learns the boy's identity. Overcome by the realization of his own son's narrow escape, Kenare returns to serve out his term.