When Justice Won

暂无简介Fifteen years before the story opens James Dillon is entrusted with a document by a fellow convict. He discovers the paper designates him as guardian over the dead man's daughter, who is heir to her grandfather's immense fortune. Dillon escapes, and visits the orphanage. The meeting with the child softens him and, a changed man, he determines to make something of himself. Clemens, another convict, who sees Dillon rising as a citizen, blackmails him. When Grace Marion is grown her guardian has fought himself to a position of respect, becoming a leading citizen of the state. Clemens continues his persecution and tries to force Dillon to permit his ward to marry Frank Smith, a young accomplice. He denounces Dillon and the girl turns from her guardian. Dillon tells his story to the governor, a friend, and the latter soon puts a pardon in the hands of the girl. Dillon finds her trapped by the two crooks and rescues her. He finds that she desires him to be more than a guardian to her.