She is alone in the world, and on her deathbed; can human misfortune be more terrible? We say alone; her husband is alive, but he is a convict in prison under a life sentence, and the anguish of being unable to see him is hastening her end. A kindly physician is comforting her in her last moments, when suddenly with a supreme effort she sits up and asks for the minister. The doctor hastens on the errand, and soon reaches the parson's little home, where the latter is enjoying a quiet evening with his wife and little daughter. The good man promptly answers the call of the sufferer and goes to the squalid home. After administering to her she asks for a paper, and with the little strength yet left, writes a note begging the Governor to allow her last wish before meeting her Maker, to release her husband for an hour. The parson hurries off and gains an audience with the Governor, but the request is gently but firmly denied; it cannot be done. To the bedside he goes and tells her to be comforted for hope is not lost, and right here he decides upon a daring ruse in the name of mercy. Surely the prison authorities will not deny a minister the privilege of visiting a convict. He is right, they do not; and in a moment he is alone with the prisoner. Now for the trick: They quickly change clothing and on the convict's mere promise to return, the parson remains in the cell, while the other easily passes the keepers. He reaches his wife's bedside just in time. Her last wish has been answered; she smiles bravely, and breathes her last. He stands the shock and, gathering himself together, starts back to prison. But he is still a stranger to sunlight from his long incarceration, and as he attempts to cross a broad roadway he is struck by an automobile and instantly killed. We are now taken back to the cell, where the minister is wondering whether the convict will keep his word; he is gone so long. Another scene shows us his wife and daughter at home very much worried about his absence. In his striped suit, he is anxiously waiting when a passing guard gets a glimpse of his face and discovers the substitution. He is marched into the office and while he tells his story the clerk sees a headline in the newspaper just out, telling of the death by auto of "an unknown man in prison garb." The wife at home, too, reads of it, and she is prostrated. The prison officials realize the situation and the Governor is communicated with. He visits the prison, sees the minister and, congratulating him on his noble sacrifice, frees him. The good man goes home, where glad hearts greet him; it's all in the day's work, together in one grand panorama, and the magnitude of the changeless beauty of old nature, and the glories and picturesque, yet transient splendor of the handiwork of man.