Her Adopted Father (1912)
Little Mary Wilson, an orphan, feels that her heart will break when so many of her companions at the orphanage are adopted into wealthy families and she is always left in bitter tears. But the kind mother superior loves the little girl and takes her to a great office building one morning when collecting alms. Here Mary meets Richard Claiborne, a wealthy business man, and her heart beats joyfully when he takes her in his arms and kisses her. So Mary writes him a note on leaving the office and slips it under the door. Claiborne finds it and a bitter smile crosses his face as he reads Mary's pathetic plea to be adopted into his borne. Next morning Mary receives a letter from Claiborne saying there is a beautiful lady in his home who would not like a little girl, but that he is lonely, too, and her visit has made him happier than he has been for months. With the letter clutched in her hand, Mary bows her head on the table and is weeping softly when the mother superior enters and sees the letter. Instantly she resolves to find Mary the home she deserves, and takes her to Mrs. Claiborne. The society woman kisses Mary tenderly, then says she is afraid her husband does not care for children. The mother superior now shows her Claiborne's letter to Mary and Mrs. Claiborne instantly takes the little one into her heart and home. That evening Claiborne enters the great library, to find Mary asleep at his wife's feet, worn out with the day's play. Both now realize bow wrongly they have misunderstood each other, she believing he cared only for business and he thinking she enjoyed only the whirl of society. So with the coming of the little orphanage sunbeam into their lives, the future looms brightly and the past is forgotten.
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