Young barber Pietro Lapori loves Maria Deguida, the daughter of a prosperous merchant, but he despairs when his sweetheart's father refuses to consent to their marriage until Pietro has $500 in cash. One day a detective shows him a circular, offering a big reward for the capture of a noted crook. In the picture on the circular a scar disfigures the criminal's face. A few days later the barber shaves a man who bears the counterpart of the scar, until now concealed by a beard. He shadows his customer, but is discovered. With great difficulty he succeeds in overpowering the crook, and is rescued just in time by the police. Pietro receives the reward and marries his beloved.
—Moving Picture World synopsis