The story tells of the young widowed mother of two children who is forced by extreme poverty to part with one of her children, a baby girl, by placing it in a basket on the door steps of a wealthy banker. Before leaving the baby the poor mother takes one of its little shoes to keep as a memento.
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Florence Lawrence as The Poor Mother
Owen Moore as The Son
Linda Arvidson as The Daughter
George Nichols as The Priest
United States 13 May 1909
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