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Mary Lang, daughter of a rich broker, is bored by the banal society existence she leads. Her father has arranged a match between Mary and his young business partner, John Barrick, who deeply loves the girl, but cannot seem to satisfy her ...See moreMary Lang, daughter of a rich broker, is bored by the banal society existence she leads. Her father has arranged a match between Mary and his young business partner, John Barrick, who deeply loves the girl, but cannot seem to satisfy her romantic nature. Mary destroys all the photographs she has of herself and runs away in disguise to find adventure. Hugh Grey, a smart young reporter, while calling on Lang, chances to see a picture of Mary on his desk. On impulse he pockets it. Next day when the story of her disappearance is all over the city, Grey recognizes in a girl who the evening before had arrived at his boarding-house, the lost heiress. He immediately lays siege to Mary's affections, and believing that at last she has found her true romance, she promises to become his wife. On the day before that set for the wedding Mary finds the photograph in Grey's possession, and realizes that she has fallen into the clutches of a fortune hunter. She denounces him. Determined at least to win the reward of $10,000 which Lang has offered for his daughter's safe return, the reporter locks the girl in her room and sends for Lang and Barrick. Grey takes the check for the reward and also a trouncing for Barrick for refusing to give up Mary's photograph. Her eyes are opened to the genuineness of Barrick. and she becomes his wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less