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Old Uncle Eli, as the day is fading, draws his comfortable chair and opens the old family album. As he turns the leaves of the book he also turns the leaves of memory and muses on the faces of his loved ones. The first picture he sees is a...See moreOld Uncle Eli, as the day is fading, draws his comfortable chair and opens the old family album. As he turns the leaves of the book he also turns the leaves of memory and muses on the faces of his loved ones. The first picture he sees is a quaint little boy, himself, he remembers well the day he and Jennie went fishing and pictures in his mind supplants the one in reality. Another picture, the old horse and buggy and he and Jennie. He remembers the wonderful day, when beneath the trees of lovers' lane, she made him the happiest of men, yes, here on the next page is he and Jennie in their wedding clothes. The picture fades into the old village church and the happy crowd on his wedding day, and how he sees the picture of the first baby boy. He remembers how proud he and Jennie were when they brought the baby out on the porch for the first time, now he sees the group he and Jennie and a boy and a girl; ah, yes, the year they had a Christmas tree, and Charlie got a tool box. This is Charlie again, the handsome young man, but wayward. The old man sees the night of the brawl in the saloon, the shot, and Charlie lying over the table. The old man sighs and wipes away a tear, and here's his daughter at 18. He thinks of the night she left his roof with the man she loved, of his anger and unjust rage, and Tom was such a good boy. Now comes the picture of a marble block with the simple word, "Mother." The old man sobs yet as he remembers the day he knelt by Jennie's bed and knew she was gone, and here's the new photo of daughter. He remembers how she and Tom came and took him in after Mother died, how they forgave him. The old man sighs, and suddenly there is a scurry of little feet and Tom's little son rushes to Grandpa for a story. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less