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Dr. Paul Deval, a young physician with every charm of character but with no fortune, is deeply in love with Suzanne Malinaison, the daughter of a wealthy man, and is in turn loved by her. Learning that her father contemplates marrying her ...See moreDr. Paul Deval, a young physician with every charm of character but with no fortune, is deeply in love with Suzanne Malinaison, the daughter of a wealthy man, and is in turn loved by her. Learning that her father contemplates marrying her to the son of a friend of his, the girl begs her lover to head off any definite arrangements on her father's part by asking the old gentleman for her hand. Deval assents and at once formally requests Malinaison for permission to marry his daughter. The choleric old gentleman spurns the proposal with anger and drives the unwelcome suitor from his house. That night the heartbroken Suzanne writes her father a note saying that because of his indifference to her happiness she is leaving the house for good. Then she steals from the house and going to the home of Dr. Deval, begs him for shelter. The young man at once sends for his mother, that his sweetheart may not be compromised by his action. His mother, when she learns what has happened, after some hesitation, becomes reconciled to the plans of the young people. The next morning, when Mr. Malinaison finds his daughter's note, his anger knows no bounds. Rushing to Deval's house he accuses him of abducting his daughter and then shoots him, inflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. Mrs. Deval, despite her son's pleas, lays a complaint before the police. Deval at once destroys the evidence by throwing Mr. Malinaison's pistol into the river. Then he goes to the police magistrate and in the presence of his assailant states that the wound was caused by an accident. Overjoyed at the young man's clemency, Malinaison not only assents to but urges his daughter's marriage to the man she loves. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less