Joe Harkin's Ward - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Young widower Lawson has a four-year-old daughter. He was prospecting in the gold field with 22-year-old Joe Harkins. Lawson meets with a fatal accident, leaving his little girl all alone in the world. Not knowing what else to do, Joe ...See moreYoung widower Lawson has a four-year-old daughter. He was prospecting in the gold field with 22-year-old Joe Harkins. Lawson meets with a fatal accident, leaving his little girl all alone in the world. Not knowing what else to do, Joe Harkins takes her to live with him, though he has no experience with children and knows little of their needs. A few years elapse and Joe's shack is transformed into a cozy little home under the care of his ward, who has now become his housekeeper. Joe learns to love the little one very much and afterwards when Joe strikes it rich sends her East to a school to be educated, moving himself to the city where he can enjoy life, as he is still a young man. After six years at the school she returns to live with Joe in the city, now a very beautiful young lady, about 20 years old. Joe, although very happy at her return, and still loving her dearly, realizes that it would be improper to have this young girl living at his house, as he is still a bachelor, and he tells her so. She, however, has fallen deeply in love with him, and when Joe tells her the reason they must part, her womanly love predominates and she suggests that they get married, an assertion which brings Joe to the realization that he loves his ward, not as a child anymore, but as a woman and a sweetheart. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less