Paul Cortland never forgot that face in the flames. They had taken Steve Marshall by force to witness a cheap, vulgar performance. Steve was a "goody-good" - but when fire broke out at the performance he took control of the excited crowd and died a heroic death in saving his classmates.

The lesson was a terrible one, and although his companions soon recovered from the shock of Steve's tragic death, Paul had seen in the face of the dying boy a vision, and in his danger there seemed a Presence near him. His whole life is changed now, and an opportunity to study conditions in the slums strengthens his resolve. So in the end we find Paul Cortland, the scoffer, the "good fellow," turning aside from a promising worldly career to take up a work in the slums outside of the churches or creeds, but inspired from the same great Source.

Review taken from a Grosset and Dunlap edition.