Jocular Winds (1913)

Mrs. Carlton speculated heavily. Practically every dollar of an enormous income was invested. Wandering about the big estate, her daughter made friends with a charming neighbor girl; when Mrs. Carlton learns of this, she snobbishly insults the girl and advises her to keep away. Mrs. Carlton needed another $100,000, or thought she did; she sent for wealthy John Morton and negotiated the transaction, giving her splendid residence as security. Going to his automobile after the transaction, John Morton recognized his long-forgotten niece in the doorway of the modest home next door. Recollections of his ill-treatment of her mother swarmed to his mind, and he knew that he was not far from his day of reckoning, so he entered the little garden and sought by the best means he knew to try to make up for neglecting her mother: he offered her a check, which she refused. Two months later John Morton passed into the great unknown and left all to the niece, including the mortgage on Mrs. Carlton's fashionable property next door. The time came when the mortgage fell due and she was quite unable to meet it. Then she heard that the little next-door neighbor whose companionship she had forbidden her daughter was the present note-holder. Mrs. Carlton had her hour of anguish. Then the little neighbor offered Mrs. Carlton the mortgage in exchange for friendship with her daughter, and Mrs. Carlton felt the exchange more keenly.

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GenresDrama Short
FilmmakersRole
Allan Dwan Director
CastRole
J. Warren Kerrigan
Pauline Bush
Jack Richardson
Louise Lester