Red Mullin returns to his old home after having completed a penitentiary sentence. His underworld friends greet him and there is a celebration. The merry making is so loud, that Mrs. Fleming appears and asks for quietness, stating that her...See moreRed Mullin returns to his old home after having completed a penitentiary sentence. His underworld friends greet him and there is a celebration. The merry making is so loud, that Mrs. Fleming appears and asks for quietness, stating that her baby is near death, in the flat below. They throw her out; she summons the police and following a free-for-all-fight Red Mullin escapes. Betty, Red's sweetheart, throws the police off Mullin's track. In his attempt to escape Mullin hides in Mrs. Fleming's house. The Fleming baby awakens and calls so pitifully for toys, that Red comes from his hiding place and determines he will get the baby some playthings. Finding the toy shop closed. Mullin forces entrance, and taking what he wishes, leaves a bill on the counter with a note explaining his action. Going out again, he meets an old friend, a taxi- cab driver, and getting into the taxi with the toys, makes for the home of the child, while the driver thinks the man has robbed a house. Betty goes to the drug store for medicine for Mrs. Fleming's baby, and there she overhears the taxicab driver telephoning the police. Red, returning to the Fleming flat, unloads the toys. Hearing the police coming, he endeavors to escape, fails and is taken prisoner. After the police investigate, they release Red Mullin, who rejoins his sweetheart. Written by
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