Dr. John Maxwell, a surgeon, comes home to find his daughter, Alice, awaiting him asleep. He sends her to bed, and reads of a new operation upon the brain that will change a criminal into an honest man. He resolves to test it. An hour later, Bill Dawson, a burglar, enters the house. Maxwell captures him, and gives Bill the choice between jail and the operating table. Bill chooses the latter. The operation succeeds, and to the delight of Alice, William is sent away a few weeks later to begin life anew. Dawson becomes a successful man of business, but loses frack of his benefactor. Two years pass by. Unknown to Dawson, Dr. Maxwell has gone the road to ruin. Dawson advertises for a stenographer and Rodney, his manager, sends a girl into his private office. The girl is Alice Maxwell. "What has happened?" demands Dawson, after the recognition. Alice shows him a worn-out letter, "Dear Alice," it reads, "speculation and morphine have rained me. Save what you can of the home
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