Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.
Harry Carey
as Olaf, an Atom
Kate Bruce
as Olaf's Mother
Charles Hill Mailes
as A Parent
Claire McDowell
as A Parent
Donald Crisp
as The Beggar
Frank Evans
as The Blacksmith
John T. Dillon
as The Claim Jumper
Thomas Jefferson
as The Doctor (unconfirmed)
