Sick of life in the city after his fiancée deserts him, Merrill Day goes to the country for a rest with his sister and niece. There he meets Joan, who has lived in the hills for her whole life, and they quickly begin a romance. Grekko, however, a hunchback who has loved Joan for years, convinces her that Merrill's sister is really Merrill's wife.
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Violet Mersereau as Joan - The Child of Nature
Harry Benham as Merrill Day - The Intruder
Sidney Bracey as Grekko
Florence Crawford as Doris Ingraham
Joseph Phillips as Joan's Father
Dorothy Benham as Barbara
Leland Benham as Little Grekko
United States 31 January 1916
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