True Heart Susie (Gish) secretly loves her neighbor, William Jenkins (Harron), but neither, it seems, can confess their feelings for each other. William eventually goes off to college. He returns, but, to Susie's disappointment, he marries a fast-living young woman named Bettina (Seymour). In the end, Bettina dies and William and Susie finally admit their love for each other.

Cast: Lillian Gish Susie May Trueheart], Robert Harron [William Jenkins], Wilbur Higby [his father], Loyola O’Connor [Susie’s aunt], Clarine Seymour [Bettina Hopkins], Kate Bruce [her aunt], Carol Dempster [Bettina’s friend], George Fawcett [the ‘four-flusher’ stranger], Raymond Cannon [Sporty Malone] Bonus: Griffith Biograph Films: What Drink Did & The Alter