George Baxter, a United States secret service man, manages to convict John Mathews and James Goodwin for counterfeiting, through misusing the love and confidence of Mathew's daughter, Julia. Ten years pass. On their release from prison, Mathew and Goodwin are summoned to visit a famous gambling resort in St. Louis, and in "Daphnia," the woman who runs it they recognize Julia. Bitterly blaming her for the past, they denounce her and return to the southern hills. Daphnia, counting her money, finds a counterfeit bill. She finds out that it has been passed by a certain George Baxter, Jr., the son of the man who was the beginning of all her unhappiness. She summons the United States inspector and when he sees his own son he is heartbroken. Julia reveals her identity, and tells him that at last the old account is squared.
