- James Randall is an austere businessman and often keeps his stenographer working overtime for hours. His neglect of his wife induces her to encourage the attention of social parasite Fred Ames. The evening when Mrs. Randall has gone to the theater with her admirer, Randall falls asleep by the fireside. In a vision he sees the curtains part and there appears The Traveler, who urges Randall to forget business and follow him. The Traveler takes him to the top of a high mountain; looking down they see the squalor of the city below. Randall wants to give money to a group of little children, but The Traveler stops him and says that happiness cannot be purchased with money. The Traveler then takes Randall into "The Little Church Around the Corner," where they see the choir boys singing, and it brings back to Randall memories of his young days. In his reverie, the austere businessman sees himself again as a young man escorting Nellie Good home from school. Later he has a rough-and-tumble fight with another schoolboy. The teacher sends him home, but instead he goes to a swimming pool where he is joined by the other boys after school. For this disobedience his father gives him a spanking, but his mother comes to his aid. The other scenes of Randall's boyhood follow in rapid succession, until we see him grown into young manhood. Nellie Good married another young fellow, but Randall's mother comforts him until he finally finds the "right girl" and marries her. Years later he has become a successful businessman, but his desire for riches has so warped his nature that he has entirely forgotten his mother and developed into a severe man of business. Randall comes out of his reverie just in time to hear the minister at "The Little Church Around the Corner" say, "How many of those in my congregation have a mother?" He is overcome with emotion, and The Traveler takes him out of the church and leads him into a scene showing his boyhood home. He knows his mother is there and just as he is about to open the door the scene fades out, and he finds himself in his library. He is weeping with bitter remorse as his wife, who has become tired of her admirer, comes in. Mr. Randall recognizes by intuition that a change has come over her husband, and he takes her in his arms, saying, "Let's go home to Mother."—Moving Picture World synopsis
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