Love Under Difficulties

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Young Henry Edgely sees one day that the large mansion next door has been let. An elderly gentleman and his daughter are seen moving in. Peeping through a hole in the wall in the garden he gets a view of the daughter and is struck with her beauty. Climbing the wall he attracts her attention by throwing a flower at her feet, and she climbs up and joins him. The girl's father interferes with their love making, and shows them a portion of his will by which he has left his fortune to his daughter only, provided that she does not marry until she is twenty-one. Harry and Patsy are not to be discouraged, and on every occasion manage to spend their time together, although frequently they have their troubles. Finally Harry takes Patsy to the minister's and they get spliced. Returning to her father's house, they are afraid to tell him of their marriage, and he, not noticing their confusion, invites Harry to stay to dinner. They enter the dining-room and the light being turned up Harry finds his father is also there, and that the two fathers knew exactly all that had taken place. The girl's father also shows them his will, which provided that, in the event of his daughter marrying a man who loved her only for herself, his fortune was still to go to her.