Drama

Saved from a Life of Crime

Give the Boy Another Chance! Don't Jump on Him Because He has Gone Wrong Once! For God's Sake, Help Him! Cries the Boy's Despairing Mother.

Becoming imbued with a lawless spirit, Tom, a street waif of twelve, holds up an old woman with a toy pistol, robs her of a dollar and gets away. Exhibiting the money to some of his companions, the boy proceeds to give them all an ice cream treat. The feast is interrupted by the police, who nab Tom.