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Norman Wallace marries Bess Franklin. After the wedding when they are looking over the many gifts, they see the one Bess's mother has given them. It is an old-fashioned armchair. A note on ... See full summary
Norman Wallace marries Bess Franklin. After the wedding when they are looking over the many gifts, they see the one Bess's mother has given them. It is an old-fashioned armchair. A note on it reads; "When in trouble seek solace from the old armchair; it will never fail you; never part with it. Mother." They move into a little home of their own and find great comfort in the old chair. A little baby comes to bless their union, One day, Norman rushes in, greatly excited; he has inherited a large sum of money. They buy a new home, and as Bess is arranging the furniture she has the old armchair placed near the fireplace. It jars on Norman's artistic sense and he has it removed to the attic. As years go on, he becomes indifferent to Bess. Norman plunges in the stock market. Suddenly everything turns against him and he knows unless he can get into a friend's office in a few minutes all will be lost. He rushes madly from his office to the elevator, just as the elevator boy is closing the door...

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