Wee Lady Betty rules the O'Reilly castle with a stern hand and a big heart until she learns that Roger, the O'Reilly heir, is coming to take possession of his estate. Unable to provide for her aged father, Betty conceives of a scheme. Feigning to leave the castle, she returns after dark with her father and installs him in the haunted chamber.
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Bessie Love as Wee Lady Betty
Frank Borzage as Roger O'Reilly
Charles K. French as Fergus McClusky
Walt Whitman as The O'Reilly
Aggie Herring as Mrs. O'Reilly
Walter Perkins as Shamus McTeague
Thornton Edwards as Connor O'Donovan
Alfred Hollingsworth as Father Dan
J.P. Lockney as Michael O'Brien
J. G. Hawks Writer
Henry Bredesen Cinematography
Charles Miller Director
G. Harold Percival Production Design
United States 17 August 1917
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