King Charles flees and hides in a huge oak tree when the troops loyal to Oliver Cromwell close in. The royal entourage is disguised, and the king's sweetheart masquerades as Charles. Only when she is brought before Cromwell is it discovered the switch has been made.

An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.

British silent drama film based on the 1913 novel The Paupers of Portman Square by I.A.R. Wylie.