A youngster that is homeless is fourteen-year-old Dick, tries to produce a reputable living about the roadways of 1860s nyc being fully a shoeshine kid. He is determined to help keep clean, although he is again and again tempted by effortless money as well as the life that is filled with task. Whenever a customer that is regular impressed by Dick's integrity, invites him for their mansion, here is a switching point in to the life for the teenager that is bright.