Hearts and Roses

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Ruth Willard scorns the honest affection of Dr. Norton, a respected friend of the family, and accepts the proposal of marriage made by a shallow, good-looking youth, John Baxter. Her father dies and leaves the girl poverty-stricken. Baxter then jilts her. Dr. Norton assumes the responsibilities of Willard's bank at his death and later pleads with the heart-broken girl to marry him. She listlessly agrees. Time passes and the girl ignores the doctor's affections. Baxter returns and visits the girl while her husband is away. Dr. Norton learns of this and decides to go away. At a station a wraith of the dead father appears and Dr. Norton goes back. The girl has awakened to the fact that she loves the doctor when she finds he has gone away. When he returns she joyously throws herself into his arms.