Jim (1914)

Jim Carson, a young farmer, loves the school teacher, Helen Dale, and they expect to be married. His father unexpectedly marries a widow who has a son, Arthur Vaughn, an actor. Arthur creates havoc with Helen's heart and the plans of Jim are disarranged. Arthur glowingly describes the glamour of the stage and Helen elopes with him. Jim gets a telegram informing him of the marriage. Two years after Helen and Arthur return to the farm with an infant daughter, whom they leave in the care of Jim when they return to the stage. The baby grows into a beautiful and lovely girl and fills the place in Jim's heart left vacant when Helen eloped with Arthur. The years pass until the girl is eighteen. Jim believes her to love a farmer boy and is ready to give her up in order to insure her happiness, but she makes it plain to honest Jim that he is the only man she loves. Jim then telegraphs Arthur and Helen of his marriage to their daughter.

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GenresDrama Short