Beatrice Prentiss, a southern girl, marries a chap from the north against her father’s will. He casts her off and with her husband and Old Mammy, the girl goes north. Things do not go very well after that and when a baby is born, the girl wife dies. The young husband soon follows and Mammy is left to care for the baby herself. She brings little Beatrice up and takes great pleasure in keeping the child dainty and pretty. Time passes. Old Mammy washes clothes for a living and has her home in the colored section of the city. People notice the well-dressed white child in the woman’s care and much speculation arises concerning her. Finally some well-meaning people bring the matter up in the court and Mammy is summoned to appear. About this time old Major Prentiss has arrived in the city, in search of his long missing daughter whom he wants to bring home again. He is in the courtroom on the morning that Mammy appears and recognizes the old servant at once. Explanations follow after which he learns that his daughter and her husband are dead. He then takes Mammy and the little girl back home where peace and comfort await them.