Having lost his fortune, Emile Marval went to America to regain it and left his son, Robert, then a young boy, in the care of his old friend, Duschesne, a notary. Several months after Marval returned with an immense fortune, and the sight of the money animated Duschesne’s insatiable greed for gold. By a stratagem the avaricious Duschesne extinguished the life of the millionaire, acquired the fortune and adopted the boy. Twenty years later Robert, grown to manhood, is enamoured with Banker Lazare’s daughter. Sometime later Mr. Darbois, a friend of Marvel, called upon the son. In the interview Robert learned that his father was a very wealthy man, and the fact that be died poor aroused the suspicions of Darbois; he decided to investigate. In the guise of an old clerk, Darbois secured a position as private secretary to the notary, and it was in this capacity that he learned of the biding place of Duschesne’s ill-gotten gains. He told the son, who, noting the strong resemblance between his father and Darbois, disguised him so that he looked like the murdered man. That night, when the old notary went to the biding place to count his gold, Darbois appeared. He thought it was the ghost of Marvel and in terror, fled from the place. Robert and Darbois went to the home of the banker, Lazare, and told him of their discovery. All went to the notary’s home, but all they found when they reached the place was a mass of wreckage, Duschesne’s conscience having troubled him so much that he dynamited the house. They extricated the dead body of the notary, secured the fortune, and a short while after Robert and the banker’s daughter were happily married.