

60 minutes
2/15/1923
John Middleton is distressed to learn that his family is taking in an orphan girl named Mary. He turns aside all her attempts to befriend him. But with the passage of time, John discovers (long after everyone else has) that he loves Mary. But by now it's too late. She plans to marry his friend Willie.

Charles Ray
as John Middleton

Patsy Ruth Miller
as Mary

Ramsey Wallace
as Willie Brown

Edythe Chapman
as Mother Middleton

William Courtright
as Neighbor Silas Gregg
Charlotte Woods
as Betty Short

Gus Leonard
as Neighbor Perkins
F.B. Phillips
as Hired Man

Lon Poff
as Minister (circuit rider)
Jess Herring
as Hiram Lang
Ruth Bolgiano
as Ruth Lang
Edward Moncrief
as The Judge

George F. Marion
as The Judge

Billie Latimer
as A Spinster