Compelled to keep house for her father and her younger sister and brother, Martha is deprived of all the pleasures of youth. Ned, who loves her, begs her to elope with him. Martha yields, but while on the way to the minister, decides that her duty lies back home with her father. Heart-broken, Ned leaves for the city.
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Henry Hallam as Hensley - a Widower
Alice Hollister as Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter
Anna Q. Nilsson as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
Harry F. Millarde as Ned - Martha's Sweetheart
Bob Walker as Frank - Maude's Husband
Mary Kennedy as Maude - the Younger Daughter
Arthur Albertson as Nathanial - the Son
United States 10 May 1915
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