A short melodrama about the friendship between a rich boy (in a wheelchair) and a poor street girl. When he falls seriously ill, she is not allowed to visit him. After his death, she also dies, on the street. In her hand she holds a flower, which was the last gift that the boy gave to her.
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Adelaide Lawrence as A Poor Little Beggar Maid
George Stewart as The Little Crippled Rich Boy
Stephen Purdee as The Boy's Father
Ethel Phillips as The Boy's Mother
Edmund Lawrence Director
United States 27 October 1913
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