Eleanor Kahn

As the result of a mistaken marriage, Mrs. Russell, broken in spirit and body, becomes ill and is ordered to the hospital by her physician. While her mother is ensconced in the hospital, her little daughter, Ruth, wanders aimlessly through the corridors and strikes up an acquaintance with Mr. Swift, a wealthy clubman, who is convalescing.

The country school board assigns a new teacher, and the lot falls to none other than Sweedie.

Pierre, a trapper in the great northwest, catches a season's prize, a silver fox. Rene Bennett is fortunate in catching the mate. The two men are explaining to a trader, when Pierre discovers that his silver fox has disappeared from his sled. The trapper accuses Bennett and the latter is shot. Pierre flees and is seen later in the home of Mrs. Bennett, where she secretes him from the Northwest Mounted Police. Pierre later saves Mrs. Bennett from death, by carrying her to town, where he faces the man he had shot, her husband. The climax comes when a half-breed tries to sell Pierre's prize.

Tom and Dick, young boys of the country, are chums. Their sorrows and joys are shared; what belongs to one belongs to the other. One beautiful summer morn, Eleanor, a pretty young miss from the city, comes to the small town to visit a relative. Tom and Dick cease to be friends; jealousy coming between the two lads.

Richard Travers, a wealthy clubman, becomes attached to a newsboy street waif, and takes him home to live with him. Anna, Travers' fiancée, thinking he is bestowing his attentions upon someone else, sends him a note returning his ring and telling him that his affections are being given to another party.

Mrs. Mulligan, although in poor circumstances, taken the child of her neighbor, who has just passed into another world, to live with her. Dolly becomes quite chummy with Tom, one of Mrs. Mulligan's sons, and during the child's saddest hours Tom comforts her. Tom proposes that Dotty write a letter to her mother in heaven asking her to come back.

Mrs. Dixon had an ungovernable temper which finally brought about a separation between her and her husband. She moved to other parts, taking her child with her. In the years that passed, he longed for the companionship of his wife and finally seeks pleasure in the company of one of the factory girls.