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Nellie and Jane, two fifteen-year-old girls, are the pupils of Rosy Rossisky. They are employed in a department store owned by Henry Burden. Nellie is employed at the cashier's desk, while Jane is a salesgirl. Jane, by sending the purses ...See moreNellie and Jane, two fifteen-year-old girls, are the pupils of Rosy Rossisky. They are employed in a department store owned by Henry Burden. Nellie is employed at the cashier's desk, while Jane is a salesgirl. Jane, by sending the purses she steals to Nellie through the pneumatic tube escapes detection. Walker, department manager, is accused by a customer of having stolen her purse. Jane has taken this purse and has sent it to Nellie via the tube. Walker takes the angry woman to Burden's office. The owner is inclined to believe the department manager guilty. Grace, Burden's daughter, loves Walker and determines to investigate. Suspecting Jane, she leaves her diamond pendant on the counter. The salesgirl falls into the trap. That night, the two students of the female Fagin turn all their proceeds over to their teacher. They keep the pendant, however. Jane wears it to a motion picture theater. Grace sees the piece of jewelry on the girl's neck and knows she has found the perpetrators of the thefts. The following day, she takes Nellie's place at the tube. A few hours later she receives a purse that has been stolen by Jane and sent up. The two girls are taken to Burden's office, where they confess their guilt. Jane tells of their schooling in crime by Rosy Rossisky. Walker, Grace, the store superintendent and an officer accompany the girls to their home. The female Fagin suspects the girls of having betrayed her. Turning the key in the door, she attempts to throttle Jane. Nellie opens the door and Walker, the superintendent, and the policeman overpower the woman after a hard struggle. Repenting of his unjust suspicion concerning the department manager. Burden gives his consent to Walker's marriage with Grace. The two take Jane and Nellie into their home where, freed from the influence of the female Fagin, their redemption is affected. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less