HELL'S HOUSE.

Orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry. He meets Matt Kelly, who impresses him with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections. The boy's life is disrupted when, as one of Kelly's hired hands, he refuses to identify his boss during a police raid. He is sentenced to three years of hard labor in reform school, where he befriends a sickly boy named Shorty.