The Call of the Heart (1910)
A rich old grouch of a fellow is so much embittered against the world at large and so self-satisfied in his accumulated and increasing wealth that he will have nothing to do with and absolutely refuses to listen to the appeals of the helpless and needy. A poor widowed mother is taken ill and being near death she instructs her little daughter to trust God and seek a shelter and home where He may direct her and pins a note to the little one's dress, telling of her mother's death. The child leaves and the mother dies. By some strange disposition of fate the child is led to the home of the hard fisted old "grouch," who is comfortably established in his fine home and rich surroundings, thinking of no one hut himself. The little girl arrives at his home and is taken in by the housekeeper, who fearfully and timidly takes her to the old man. He has just awakened from a dream in which his conscience has been aroused. He realizes his hard-hearted meanness and has been brought to an appreciation of the greater riches and blessings of charity and a practice of the golden rule. When he sees the little orphan he can scarcely realize that she is not a part of his dream. The good housekeeper shows him the note the little girl has brought with her, and the old fellow cannot resist the winning ways and sweetness of the little one. He takes her to his heart and home, and gradually his heart completely melts under the influence of the child. He seems to have been born again and to have become as a child himself.
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