Herbert Carters Legacy

Herbert Carter lives with his widowed mother in Wrayburn, under the burden of a $750 mortgage on their home, held by Squire Leech, who is anxious to foreclose. The Carters can barely meet the interest payments. Herbert's father, prior to his death, had invented a piece of machinery that he thought would be of value in the woolen mills. Herbert decides to go to New York City where he becomes a newsboy. Earning barely enough to pay his room and board, he must wait for news of the machinery assessment to ascertain the quality of his future.