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Stephen is determined that his daughter, Cynthia, shall have a good education, and so sends her to the city to a relative of his, Mrs. Loring. The Lorings are in financial difficulties, and are trying especially hard to make a good showing...See moreStephen is determined that his daughter, Cynthia, shall have a good education, and so sends her to the city to a relative of his, Mrs. Loring. The Lorings are in financial difficulties, and are trying especially hard to make a good showing in the hope that the daughter, Grace, will capture the wealthy Harvey Dunning. Cynthia takes up her abode with the Lorings, and they engage a broken-down tutor for the girl. Norah, the cook, takes an interest in Cynthia. One day Cynthia takes Harvey's picture from the sitting-room mantel to her room. She admires it and playfully inscribes one of her pictures to Harvey. As he is leaving the house that day she drops it from the attic window. He is interested and inquires from Grace who it might be. As gracefully as she can in her anger, Grace tells him. She and her mother rush into Cynthia's room, where they find her looking at Harvey's picture. Here is a new danger, and they determine to send her to a cheap boarding house. Cynthia receives a letter from her father stating that the wheat crop has been poor, but that he has sent her aunt the additional money she demanded. Cynthia realizes that her father is being swindled, and determines to win her own way. She answers an advertisement for a companion to Mrs. Dunning, Harvey's invalid mother. Norah meantime has written Stephen of the treatment Cynthia is receiving, and he comes on to investigate. Cynthia is gone, and Mr. Loring and Grace do not know where she is. Norah takes Stephen to Cynthia and Mrs. Dunning persuades him to leave the girl with her for a while. A few days later Harvey returns from a trip, and the two young people are surprised at finding each other. The friendship ripens into love, and they spend their honeymoon at Stephen's farm, where Norah is now installed as housekeeper. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less