Reading in a newspaper an interview with the manager of a big corporation regarding the scarcity of competent employees, a young man goes to the city, leaving his wife and baby in the country till he shall have made a new home for them. He finds the newspaper article is an exaggeration, and his quest for work is fruitless. Overcome with the heat and worry, he is taken to the hospital and suffers the entire loss of his memory. He finally secures employment and in ten years rises to the position of general manager, living in affluence. His wife comes to the city to find him, but is unsuccessful. She earns a meager living for herself and child by needlework, and when the boy reaches the age of eleven he determines to look for work. He secures a position as office boy in his father's office in spite of his youth, owing to the manly plea he makes. Entrusted with the bank deposit he loses the money, and is suspected of having stolen the money. The manager, however, has faith in him and accompanies him home with a policeman. There husband and wife meet, and the sight of her face restores his memory, and father, son and mother are quickly locked in a close embrace.