The story
“Billy Drew, just home from college, meets Muriel, the village school teacher. Attraction ripens into love for both, until Muriel’s scholars make it clear to her that she has been neglecting them in favor of Billy. Muriel, awakened to her duty to her scholars, returns Billy’s ring and begins to forget, but the children notice her usual joyfulness has turned to gloom, and are unhappy. Tommy, the love god’s lieutenant, the cause of the estrangement, now decides to bring Muriel and Billy together. He becomes so unruly that he is compelled to remain after school, and then dispatches a messenger to bring Billy back to cure the teacher’s blues.”
Summary from The Moving Picture World · 27 December 1913
Another synopsis, from Reel Life · 20 December 19131 min
“Billy Drow [sic], senior at Dartmouth, home for a few weeks from college, met Muriel Bond, the new school teacher—and fell in love with her. Muriel became so absorbed in Billy that she neglected her pupils, and Tommy Todd—speaking for the others—told her as much. Muriel was very conscientious—and when she realized that the children were really right, she gave Billy back his ring, and tried to bury herself in her work. But the little school teacher’s former radiance was turned to gloom—and Tommy saw that he had made a mistake. Acting as Cupid’s lieutenant, he sends an appealing message to Billy Drow—the envoy brings the young man back with him—and Tommy has the satisfaction of seeing the lovers reunited.”
