Desc: A Mother's Heart: With Maud Hall Macy, Robert Vaughn. L. Hampton, a young lawyer, being in very poor health, is advised by his physician to go to the Canadian wilds on a hunting trip. In accordance with this advice he makes the trip, and under the assumed name of Iveson, joins a hunter's colony. He is introduced to the hunter's daughter, and in a comparatively short time falls in love with her. With the consent of her father, the two are married. Sometime later Hampton is called back to the city by one of his clients to conduct a very important case. He takes leave of the hunter and his wife, giving as a reason for not taking her with him that her customs and crude speech would act against him in the city. He promises, however, to return for her upon completion of the trial. Upon returning to the city, he is informed by his friends that the trip made a new man of him. He at once takes charge of the case, and in due time, wins it for his client, a beautiful lady, whom he decides to marry, completely forgetting about the wife whom he married under the assumed name of Iveson. Time passes, the unfortunate daughter of the hunter ever thinking of her husband. After a lapse of fifteen years, her son, tired of life in the woods, decides to go to the city and seek employment. On arrival, he makes the acquaintance of the captain of a barge, the two become fast friends, and young Iveson is engaged by his friend to work on the barge. One day, while the two were in a saloon, the captain happens to flash a big roll of bills, which immediately attracts the attention of one of a number of ruffians. The ruffian kills the captain. In the mix-up which ensues, the assailant makes good his escape, while a general tumult follows, after which young Iveson is charged with murder he did not commit. He is held, tried and convicted on so-called "Circumstantial Evidence." Sentence of death is passed by his own father, who had since been elevated to the judiciary. Being quite a popular judge, he is nominated for the office of Governor. In the meantime, Mrs. Iveson, through a newspaper, learns of the predicament her son is in, and resolves to go to the city in an effort to save him from the death chair. In pleading with the judge for leniency she recognizes in him the man who had deserted her. The recognition becomes mutual. Hampton realizes that a word from the woman would ruin his political career, and endeavors to come to terms with her. There is only one condition on which the woman will maintain silence regarding the unlawful second marriage of the judge, and that is that he sets her son at liberty. This the judge has no power to do, but promises, that after his election to the Governorship, he will pardon young Iveson. Hampton is elected Governor, but neglects to fulfill his promise as to the pardon. Iveson's mother, who left for her home, now returns to the city with the intention of exposing the Governor. While on her way to the executive chambers, she meets the second wife of the Governor and their daughter. After a conversation, the unfortunate mother decides not to ruin the lives of Mrs. Hampton and her daughter, but asks them to use their influence in the securing of the pardon. The pardon is eventually granted and young Iveson is restored to his now-happy mother.