In the olden time witches were supposed to have supernatural powers, and it is with an incident in the life of one of these ancient sorceresses who was believed to have extraordinary powers that this picture has to do. Being the mother of a boy so monstrously ugly that the girls all ran at his approach, the mother conceived a plan for the benefit of her son, as not one of the village maidens would listen to his repeated offers of marriage. So the witch builds a dummy in female form from all sorts of contraptions, and then transfers to it by her magic the soul of a beautiful young girl. The sweetheart of this maiden, discovering what the witch has done, seeks to repair the crime, and wreak vengeance upon the witch. He goes through many trials and perils, having to contend with the sorcery of the witch who summons all sorts of imps and phantoms to her aid, but finally success is won by the sweetheart and he brings the inert girl to his home. A series of unusual incidents end in the girl regaining her soul, with the result that the dummy again becomes simply a resemblance in form of what the witch had endeavored to create as a mate for her miserable son.
—Moving Picture World synopsis