A wife offers to support her artist husband by teaching piano. She can't find work at the conservatory, and ends up working in a laundry, without telling him the truth. When he discovers her lie, he is determined to leave her, until she is injured and he understands the sacrifice she made for him.
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Barry O'Moore as Harvey Colton
Florence Lawrence as Mabel Colton
Harry Solter as Harvey's Friend
Owen Moore as The Rich Patron
Arthur V. Johnson as The Rich Patron's Secretary / Man in Top Hat
Mack Sennett as The Doctor
Charles Inslee as The Landlord
D.W. Griffith Director
United States 22 March 1909
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