The Wealthy Man and the Office Boy
In a city office, the lonely wealthy magnate bonds with Tom the freckled clerk after Old Scout the dog dies. A vase cracks revealing a moral tale of charity as Tom asks for help for his sister Mary and his mother. The man offers a plan to adopt Tom and share a goose fund to fix eyes and fund education. The scene ends with the decision to go home and tell Old Scout.
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Old Scout
Scout
Tom
Wifin
Mary
Silk Stockings Drive Leonia Toward Independence
Leonia, daughter of a conservative country gentleman, awakens to desire for silk stockings and modern life. With only $1 weekly allowance, she schemes to fund outfits by sewing dolls clothes for children and selling them, aided by a traveling shoe merchant who persuades her to pursue a larger market.
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Eonia
Leonia
Katie
Gowns Win Love and a New Silk Stocking Dream
Leonia Snow starts a dressmaking venture with help from Jack Eliot in Hillsdale. Orders flood in, linen runs short, and she earns money while growing close to Jack. He is promoted to head of sales and proposes, gifting a pair of white silk stockings for their wedding day as romance blooms.
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Leonia
Leonia Snow
Hillsdale
Jack
Snow Estate
Géolitaire
Old Car Reappears in Cleverly Painted Overguise
A man buys what he thinks is a cheap brand new car and discovers it is his own old vehicle repainted. He had fetched it from a small garage and claimed a new romance but the disguise uncovers the truth.
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Clover
Isabel Weston and Breck Montieth at the Winter Dance
Isabel Weston rebuffs Breck Montieth at a Colorado ranch dance while her mother hopes for a reconciliation. Breck, seeking to win her, reveals he knows her reading habits and offers books, then asks for a chance to change her mind. Isabel admits another man captivates her, Will McCall, who has left without a farewell.
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Isabel
Breck
Colorado
Will McCall
Breck Montieth
Westons
Denver
Mrs. Weston
Wyoming
Breck Montreth
Agnes
Will
Agnes and Breck Find Love in Gulch Reunion
Agnes Mounts a mood of rebellion as she and Breck Monteith uncover Isabel's tale of a mysterious beau. Confrontations reveal a long held affection Breck bears for Agnes's mother, and the pair decide to pursue a future together while familial tensions ease.
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Agnes
Breck Monteith
Breck
Isabel
A Strange Old Man and a Dream in a Café
In a shabby cafe two music students listen as a kind old man recounts the tale of Sally Gerrish, “Lucky Sally,” and her West to East rise from study to earning a church soprano position. Crystal’s choice and family fortunes shape a tale of sacrifice and luck in pursuit of greatness.
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Sally Gerrish
Sally
Gerrishes
Boking
Crystal
Madam Dorine
Paris
Lucky Sally and Crystal across the sea
A narrator recalls Sally, a famed singer, and her friend Crystal, as Sally marries well and travels to Europe. The tale mentions a rich, generous woman still called Lucky Sally and a New York man linked to their turning point. The scene ends with a cafe farewell and a school exam joke.
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Liader
Sally
Europe
Lucky Sally
New York
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