Nancy Croyden, born of British nobility, languishes in the slums of New York after she elopes with Terrence Flynn, a groom on her father's estate. Nancy dies there, leaving behind a daughter, Susan Flynn, who grows to adulthood in the Bowery. In search of her family, Susan returns to England where she befriends Sir Bevis Neville, an English peer in disguise.
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Violet Mersereau as Nancy Croyden / Susan Flynn
Maud Cooling as Ora Tourette
Bradley Barker as Terrence Flynn
Sidney Mason as Tom Neville (as Sydney Mason)
William O'Neill as Sir Bevis Neville
James O'Neill as Sir Jeffrey Croyden
United States 02 April 1917
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