Love's Way (1915)

The son of a prosperous and hard-working business man. Rand Cornwell. does nothing but spend money and waste his time. His father disgustedly announces he will pay no more debts incurred by his son. Rand sees Edith Havens on the street and, without waiting for the formality of an introduction, steps right up and speaks to her. After an exceedingly unpleasant five minutes, she has him arrested for a masher. The police lieutenant consents to call up his father, but Pa Cornwall angrily announces he will not give bail, adding that a night in a cell might do the boy good. Young Rand sleeps little that night and next morning is sentenced to thirty days. Edith is in court and begins to regret she had the young man arrested, but it is too late, and his self-assurance completely gone, Rand is sent to a cell. After the first bitterness, Rand realizes he got what he deserved, so he writes a very humble note to the girl, begging her forgiveness. She answers it in person, and, after expressing regret over the incident, the two part friends. On his release, Rand, resolved to make a man of himself, goes to her home and proposes, but she tells him that if, at the end of the year he can, by his own efforts, make a home for a wife, he may get a wife for the home. In another town he makes rapid progress and is promoted to foreman in one of the big cotton mills. When the year is up, he sends for his father to attend his wedding. Father threatens disinheritance if Rand marries, but he replies to the effect that "He should worry!" Hugely pleased at the evidence of "backbone" in his son, Pa Cornwall attends the wedding all right, and "comes across" like a good sport.

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