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  • A Mother's Faith (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Short
A Mother's Faith (1911)
Short | Drama, Short
The spoiled son of a wealthy man is expelled from college. He regards it as rather a good joke, but his father warns him that he will have but one more chance to make good. The "chance" is in a broker's office, where the young man airily ...See moreThe spoiled son of a wealthy man is expelled from college. He regards it as rather a good joke, but his father warns him that he will have but one more chance to make good. The "chance" is in a broker's office, where the young man airily neglects business, and is finally discharged. He rather welcomes it, however, has an enjoyable evening with some college chums, and returns late at night in exuberant spirits. Angry words are exchanged between father and son, which end in the younger man being ordered out of the house. His mother and sister plead in vain. They might have gained pardon for him had it not been for the drunken bravado displayed by the youth. The son has no special training nor ambition. He rapidly degenerates into a common tramp. In a city park one day, he picks up a newspaper. One item that strikes his eye tells of the death of his father and he realizes that his way is clear if he wants to return home. He returns with all speed to the residence of his parents. He arrives there, a shabby, drunken outcast. At the gateway of his home he meets his sister. She is shocked when she sees him, and more shocked when he tells her that he means to return. She leads him around to a window of the house and bids him look inside. There he sees his mother, weeping, and clasping his picture in her hands. "Mother's prayer by day and by night has been for your return," the girl explains. "She believes that you are somewhere out in the great world, manfully fighting to make a name for yourself; that the faults of your boyhood have taught you a lesson, and that you are a man of whom your family can be proud. Will you spoil her belief by showing yourself for what you are, a dissipated and worthless tramp?" For the first time the young man realizes to what low condition he has sunk. The scales of selfishness drop from his eyes. He determines to be worthy of the faith of his mother. Then and there he promises to drop his idle ways. The struggle was a hard one, but he found that it paid. For a day came when he could go to his old home, neatly dressed, clear-eyed, and respected by his associates, and clasp his mother in his arms. And he could hear her say, "I knew that my boy would prove that he was a worthy man, and I am glad he is home again." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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