Big Jim Garrity is the superintendent of a mine in Georgia. The owner of the mine, an old and infirm man, wills the property to Jim on his death, leaving living expenses for his nephew, who is a doctor and victim of a drug which he distributes. He makes repeated requests to Jim for money, but they are turned down. Later Jim incurs the enmity of a mine foreman, and the latter, with the doctor, attempts to blow up the mine. They are partially successful, and in a fight over the spoils, the cashier is killed, Jim being accused of the murder, and sent to jail. He escapes and goes to a foreign land. Coming back several years later, he meets socially the Craigen family, which is prominent in New York society. He falls in love with the daughter of the house, and learns that she is a drug victim, who receives the drug from the doctor, who was responsible for his incarceration. They meet face to face and the doctor, in mortal fear of Big Jim, admits that he killed the man who, it develops, is the only son of Mr. Craigen. Reconciliation follows and Big Jim, after an uphill fight, finally manages to wean his beloved from her unfortunate habit.
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