A jailer is saved from financial difficulties by an engineer. Later the engineer mistakes signals, causing a railroad wreck, for which he is imprisoned. His wife falls sick and his daughter writes him a pathetic letter. Upon showing this to the jailer he is permitted to go for the night, and reaches home in time to hold his wife in his arms as she dies. There is much of pathos in the picture, and for that reason it is dramatically strong, while the story it tells is sufficiently powerful to hold the attention of the audience. The acting is quite up to the sentiment of the story, while the photography is as clear and strong as any film this firm has released in months. - The Moving Picture World, January 14, 1911
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