Her Awakening

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A pretty but dutiful daughter has one fault, vanity. She is ashamed of her poor old mother, who is decrepit and lame. Working in the office of a laundry, she meets, on social terms, one of the customers, who, becoming quite attracted by her, is later considered her sweetheart. Ashamed of her home and mother, she has never let him visit her, preferring to meet him outside at a trysting place. One day, when walking with her sweetheart, she meets her mother, but denies her. Her awakening comes a few minutes later, when she sees her poor old mother knocked down by an automobile. Her mother dies from the effects of the accident, and the poor girl's grief knows no bounds as she fondles the old cane so long carried by her dear mother. Her future does not remain hopeless, for the young man vows he still loves her; but what a hitter punishment she had suffered for vanity.