A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.

An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulfilling the conditions of her father's will. Meanwhile, a street-vendor gets mistaken for an eminent psychologist and is hired to teach at that reformatory.

Mom and dad make sacrifices for the sake of their adult children. And then more sacrifices. And more.