Paramount and Artcraft Press Books (1917)

On the night of the harvest dance, the great yearly social event of the countryside, Ruth pleads a headache, having promised to go with Morley, the banker's son, whom she greatly dislikes, but who is a favorite of her father. Seeing a light in Ezry's study in the barn after the rest have gone, Ruth hurries out to see why he had not gone with the others, and, finding that he does not know how to dance, she proceeds to give him a lesson, Ruth's rejected suitor, Morley, in the meeintime has come back to spend part of the evening with Ruth, and finds them together. He makes insinuating remarks about Ruth, and there is a terrific fight, in which Morley gets the worst of it. He rushes off to the dance and tells Ruth's father, who is furious and immediately fires Ezry. That night Walter, the brother, returns home rather the worse for drink and sets a fire in his room. Ezry, wakeful and getting ready to go, is the only person who sees this, and is barely in time to save Ruth's life, as her room is cut off by flames from the rest of the house. Walter, the son, nearly perishes, and again Ezry plays the hero, and this time it is Walter whom he saves, Walter, seeing that his father persists in misunderstanding Ezry's return to the farm and blames him for the fire, confesses all. Later, iinder Ruth's care, Ezry returns to health — for he had been severely burned, and when he realizes that old Caleb is singing his praises to the whole countryside and informing every one that he has chosen Ezry as a son-in-law, his happiness and that of Ruth is made complete. THIS TRADEMARK ON YOUR ADVERTISING, IN YOUR LOBBY, AND FLASHED ON YOUR SCREEN IS YOUR GUARANTEE OF QUALITY TO THE MILLIONS OF READERS OF THE MAGAZINES CARRYING OUR NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. SHOW THE TRADEMARK TO GET YOUR MONEY^S WORTH OF THE MILLION DOLLAR AD CAMPAIGN 16