An American Gentleman

Helen Davis, a girl of four, is run down by a reckless driver and suffers considerable injuries. The frightened driver, thinking he has killed the girl, carries the limp form into the woods, where later it is discovered by gypsies. After nursing the child back to health, these roamers attempt to return the baby to its parents, but their mission being misinterpreted they are driven from the Davis estate. For the next fourteen years, Helen Davis wanders well over the face of the earth with her Nomad companions, finally returning with them to the scenes of her childhood. The theft of a horse in the neighborhood brings the gypsies under the sway of an unscrupulous lawyer, who has had for a client an aged eccentric named Hathaway. The old man, having lost considerable money through a bank failure, has buried his treasure, drawing a cipher map denoting its whereabouts. This he shows to his attorney, the unscrupulous lawyer.