A True Country Heart (1910)
Ann's oar slips away from her and in trying to recover it the boat fills with water and over it goes. Hiram, a farm hand, sees Ann's mishap and rushes to her. He carries her to her home, where her mother and father thankfully receive her. Ann and Hiram become engaged and are happy in their love, until Ned, a city fellow, comes to Ann's home as a boarder. His handsome physique and city manners appeal to the country girl and she agrees to his plan of an elopement; so one quiet, starry night she leaves her home to go with him to the unknown, leaving two notes, one for Hiram and the other for her parents. In the morning her mother discovers the letters. The father declares he will never see her again and storms about, but when Hiram gets his note he quietly and sorrowfully accepts the blow. Poor Ann's path is not all roses, and Ned becomes neglectful and is drinking over much. She has difficulty in keeping up with her little baby. She implores him to get no more liquor, but he heeds her not, and after purchasing the stimulant does not return to her. After waiting, and almost starving, she takes her little one and returns to her girlhood home. Her mother is happy to see her child again, but the father remains firm in his resolve and turns her out, bolting the door against her. She bids farewell to her child and leaves it at the cottage door. Again she makes her way to the river, but this time throws herself in its shining depths. Hiram is at hand and saves her despite herself. The mother, hearing the baby's cries, brings it into the room. The sight of it, innocent and helpless, softens the father's heart, and when Hiram brings Ann in, he forgives her and takes her home again.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Fred J. Balshofer | Director |
| Fred J. Balshofer | Cinematographer |
