- Danny, the driver of a brewery wagon, marries Mamie; soon after, she becomes infatuated with artist Gaston Bouvais. When Marie gives birth to Daisy May, Danny is led to believe at the hospital that the baby is not his. Shattered, he embarks upon a life of drinking and carousing. Nevertheless, he loves the little girl, and as she grows up, Daisy May joins him on the brewery wagon. On one of these trips, Danny drinks too much and loses control of his horses, and Daisy May is injured in the melee. Meanwhile, Bouvais has finally convinced Mamie to run away with him, but Danny's accident finally awakens in her the love she feels for him, and she refuses to go. Rejected, Bouvais marries another woman and happiness is restored to Danny and Mamie. When they reconcile, Daisy May recovers and Danny embarks upon the new career of driving a milk wagon.—Pamela Short
- In a cheap rooming house lived Danny, Bouvais, Mamie and Kate. Danny was the driver of a brewery wagon. He and Mamie were married. Gaston, a painter, believed every person was a plaything of Nature, and all acts predestined by the nature of the person. He jarred Mamie's happiness, telling her there was nothing awaiting her but tragedy. Kate was in love with Tommie, who had fallen in with bad companions. He made many promises to stop gambling and drinking, but broke them. Mamie admired Bouvais, although she did not understand him, but when he betrayed her she hated him, especially when he said that she had fulfilled her destiny. She refused to tell Danny who the man was. Danny was heartsick. Gradually he changed in appearance; he drank more and more, and his manner became gruff and sullen. He loved the child, however; she was the one bright spot in his life. During the next five years, these inmates of the rooming house drifted downstream. But Daisy, Mamie's child, was happy with her broken doll, adoring Danny. Mamie had promised to divorce Danny and marry Bouvais. It was Daisy's fifth birthday. Kate and some youngsters were preparing a surprise party. Danny took her on the wagon; he met some friends. One made a wager he could not drink twelve glasses of whiskey. The child urged him to take the dare, and Danny won. On the way home he lost control of the horses; they dashed down the street, and when he summoned forth all his strength, to keep from tramping down a child, Daisy May was thrown under their hoofs with a sudden stop. Danny carries her to the house, stupefied and unable to believe the little one was unconscious. Mamie, brought to her right senses, refused to go with Bouvais. With the help of Kate and Danny, she watched over the child. Bouvais was also moved, for he was fond of Daisy May. One day he told Mamie he had concluded to marry her, but she raged at him, rushing to tell Danny who the "man" was. Danny at first was going to kill Bouvais, but finally forced him to leave. For the sake of the child they decide to live together again, so that she may have her parents with her. Tommie suddenly braced up, having hidden from two policemen. Urged by Kate, he gave himself up. Kate waited, and when he was released they started over again. Daisy May got better and Danny ceased to drive a brewery wagon, but changed to a milk wagon, taking the child with him sometimes, while Mamie remained at the cottage or worked in the small garden. Bouvais married a matter-of-fact woman, who bore his philosophizing for a certain time and then boxed his ears.
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