An Orphan's Romance

When Mary's mother died, she believed that her last friend had gone, for the stepfather who was under obligation to care for her was a cruel country man who treated her like a slave. Then hope came in the shape of a letter from her aunt, a wealthy society lady who lived just outside of New York. She offered to care for the orphan, and Mary gladly left her country life behind. In her new environment, she attracted the attention of a young millionaire, who fell deeply in love with her. It happened that her cousin loved the same man and was wild with rage at being cut out. The millionaire was called away to Europe by business, and after his departure Mary's aunt and cousin convinced her that the millionaire was engaged to the cousin. Not suspecting that she had been tricked, she secretly left her relatives and secured a position in a New York City hospital, intending to become a trained nurse. When the young man returned from abroad, he was unable to find any trace of her, but contrary to what the other women had hoped, his love did not turn to the cousin, instead he devoted all of his time to the apparently vain object of finding the girl he loved. While crossing a New York City street one day, the young man was knocked down and seriously injured by an automobile. He was taken to the nearest hospital, and as it happened, this was the institution where the orphan was a nurse, and at the time the young man was brought there, Mary was in charge of the accident ward to which he was assigned. She recognized the millionaire and sent for her cousin, believing she was entitled to nurse and care for him. The cousin was not entirely bad, and shocked and saddened by the accident, she freely confessed her fault, cleared away the misunderstandings that had existed and gave the orphan's romance a happy ending after all. AKA: An Orphan's Romance