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A little orphan leaving her former home, bidding farewell to a kind neighbor lady. Tired and footsore the weeping girl takes a seat on a pile of dirt alongside the street. The lady occupant... See full summary
A little orphan leaving her former home, bidding farewell to a kind neighbor lady. Tired and footsore the weeping girl takes a seat on a pile of dirt alongside the street. The lady occupant of a turn-out coming down the street observes the weeping girl and stops to interview her. She compassionately invites the girl to her home. Arriving at the home, the furnishing and decoration of which bespeak wealth and comfort, she is assigned to a room, and the elderly housekeeper invites the girl to a luncheon in the kitchen. Offered wine, she refuses to drink and thus incurs the animosity of the woman. Scene: drawing-room. The mistress removes her jewelry and places it in a receptacle on the table. Leaves the room. Enter, by another door, the housekeeper. Sights the jewelry and takes it all, leaving by the same door. Going to the room of the girl she places one of the articles under the pillow and then goes to her own room, where she places the balance in a drawer of her dresser. The girl goes...

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