The Strange Way (1913)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1913-07-19
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: None | English
Stars: George Siegmann , Isabel Lamon
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Strange Way (United States of America) , The Strange Way
Plot: Edith Willis, a society girl, tired of that unending round of pleasure that her life affords, wishes that she might get a chance to go away from it for a time. On her way to her fashionable summer home, she steps out of the parlor car to pick some flowers. A rough looking tramp accosts her and as he grabs for her purse. Steve, a Knight of the Road, who had been stealing a ride on the freight car, comes to her aid. The big tramp almost gets the best of Steve in the fight that follows, but Edith, seeing her rescuer's danger, comes to his assistance and strikes the tramp over the head. By this time Edith's train has drawn out. A sudden shower comes up and Steve carries the girl, who has fainted from shock and exposure, to the deserted station, where he watches by her side until the storm clears. Then he trudges with her in his arms to the nearest farmhouse, where he begs the farmer and his wife to take her in. They feel that they cannot do this for nothing, and as Edith has no money, Steve offers to work to pay her board. And, while detectives are scouring the country for the missing heiress, Steve, the tramp, works in the fields that she may he cared for. She recovers, and not wishing to leave her new free life, she does not tell who she is. But Steve, who has learned to love her and to feel that she loves him in return, sees a picture of her in the papers and an account of her disappearance. Heartbroken at the thought of losing her, he sends a wire to her aunt, and then going to her, says good-bye, for she will not need anyone to care for her longer. But she convinces him that love means more than money, and that the heiress cares for him, just as she did when he thought she was a poor waif.
IMDB:tt1291572