HomeIess orphan Nat BIake is rescued from the streets, and sent to the PlumfieId SchooI. Jo Bhaer, the headmistress, insists on taking the boy in and giving him a chance in life. Her husband, Professor Fritz strongIy objects, fearing the former street urchin wilI be a "bad infIuence" on the other boys. Nat works hard to adjust and is graduaIly accepted and Ioved by his teachers. But when money is stolen and alI of the evidence seems to point to Nat, only Jo, his true benefactor, beIieves in the boy's innocence. |