The story
“Meg, convicted of shop-lifting, is sent to the penitentiary for three months. Here she meets an older woman, who tells with pride that her daughter, Marianna, is ‘a lady,’ who does not suspect that the luxury in which she is supported is the fruit of her mother’s dishonesty. ‘It would break my heart if she were to find out where I am now,’ says Marianna’s mother. A few days later, the woman meets her own daughter in the prison. Marianna has been detected in shop-lifting. Meg is acquitted and Marianna confesses to her mother that it really was she who took the silk stockings and hid them in Meg’s pocket to escape being detected by the store detective. Mother and daughter resolve to make amends to Meg. As soon as they are discharged from the prison, they begin their search for the girl. They find Meg going downhill fast. At first she is not disposed to forgive Marianna. But the mother at last wins her confidence, and all three determine to fight their way back into reputable standing together.”
Summary from Reel Life · 24 July 1915
