- A wealthy violinist marries a society girl and they have a daughter. The wife refuses to accompany her husband on tour, and runs away with a banker, taking her daughter with her. The violinist goes to America, where fate restores his daughter to him.—scsu1975@aol.com
- A rich violinist falls in love with and marries a frivolous society girl; their daughter is born 7 years later, and when she's 4 her father delights in giving her violin lessons. To fulfill his engagements, the violinist must leave his wife when she refuses to accompany him on his tour. In his absence she runs away with X, a banker, taking her daughter. The brokenhearted husband sails for America to look for his daughter and wife. When he fails to find them, he loses interest in his playing and goes down. As the years pass he starts a small music store. The wife finds out her mistake in going with X. She dies brokenhearted, begging X to take care of her child, whom X sends to boarding school. X loses in the stock game and decides to marry a rich widow to recoup his fortune, but he loses more heavily and becomes ill. His friend Z refuses to help him, and much to the disgust of O, must send for the daughter or have O see a photo of the daughter, Mary. He decides that she is beautiful, and the only hope is to find Mary a rich husband to save them. Mary, at school, still has violin lessons, and at a musicale given at school she plays, and is accompanied on the piano by Jack, her school chum's brother. Mary is called to her stepfather's house and meets his wife for the first time. All is strange to her. Mary is introduced at a ball given for her debut. Young men flock around her. Z is attracted. The next day Jack goes to the music store and purchases some music which he takes when he calls to see Mary. The stepfather, thinking over more financial loss, has an attack of heart trouble and dies. Scene of wife in lawyer's office. Jack calls again and again, but is refused admittance. Mary's stepmother tells her that she must marry for money. Z, the roué, calls to see Mary, who repulses him. He calls in the stepmother and says "the day your daughter marries me, I'll settle $20,000 upon you." Jack sends a box of flowers to Mary. She is caressing them when her stepmother enters and tells her she must marry the roué. The next day, Mary decides to sell her violins and leave. She goes to the music store, taking with her the two violins, one that her father gave her when a little girl. He is puzzled at May's resemblance to his wife, sees violins, questions Mary, and realizes she is his own daughter. He buys the violins at a good price. As she starts to go he can't stand it no longer and brings out photos. Jack enters and is surprised to see her. She tells him of her father. He asks her to marry him. She consents. The father has taken it all in and laughs at the conclusion.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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