By Registered Mail (1911)
Amos Grantly is a poor mechanic with a wife and child to support. Fortune does not favor him in the way of steady work and the family purse is depleted. About this time he receives a letter from a wealthy aunt offering to adopt his only child, little Ethel. Grantly and his wife seriously consider the offer. They love the child but the prospect of having it reared in comfortable circumstances with advantages, they find it impossible to give her, is taken into consideration. They weigh the matter carefully and finally, after many misgivings, they consent to the plans of the aunt. There is a tearful parting with the child. Parental love is strong, but by a heroic effort they decide to bear up under the sorrow. After the child is gone the home is desolate; the parents are truly bereaved and their grief is intense. Grantly goes to work and he sees the children of other workmen bring them dinner, happy and contented. He returns home from work to find tots waiting for their parents and he is grief-stricken. The mother misses the child and the parents weep in sorrow with arms clasped about each other. At first Ethel is delighted with life at the home of her wealthy aunt, who is kind to her. She is surrounded with every luxury, her slightest wish gratified, but it is not home. She misses her parents and grieves for them. At last she can bear it no longer and determines to return home. She has no money and cannot let her relatives into the secret. She considers the matter and then remembers the kindness of the mailman who delivers letters at her old home. In her childish ingenuity she conceives the idea of mailing herself home. Securing a stamp she writes her home address on a paper and pins it on her breast. How she is eventually returned home by the men in the mail service is a pretty story. She is finally carried into the presence of her father and mother by the postman and their surprise and joy repays her for the return.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Carl Laemmle | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| King Baggot | |
| Sue Balfour | |
| Isabel Rea | |
| Edith Haldeman |
