The story of a girl whose father is cured of a drinking problem through prayer.
A young girl awakening in her bedroom. She starts to get dressed as her mother calls to her.
Mother is preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
Before they eat young girl says a prayer (grace) and remembers her Daddy is not there. Mother explains he is missing, but does not elaborate. Little girl cries. Mother says he might be here when she comes home from school. Little girl is encouraged.
Mother and housewife alone at her ironing board, is despondent.
Little girl comes home from school but her Daddy is still missing.
Little girl kneels next to her bed. She says her prayers.
Little girl leaving house. She walks down a suburban street.
Little girl goes uptown and a police officer (traffic cop) tells her where the Bureau of Missing Persons is. Traffic gets held up while the cop steers her to the office.