The Gift of the Storm
Directed by Arthur V. JohnsonRose Richmond, pretty, light-hearted and emotional, with the undeveloped nature of a child, is the leading lady of a theatrical troupe of which Herbert Delane is manager and leading man and with whom she thinks she is in love. Delane is superficially attractive, but at heart selfish and a brute. The troupe is stranded in a Colorado town, and it sets out to walk to the railway station. Rose and Delane quarrel, and in his rage he leaves her to shift for herself, and not until the next day does he become alarmed concerning her. Rose, losing her way, wanders into an unsettled region, eventually finding refuge in the cabin of Jim Reed, a young prospector. That night a blizzard keeps Rose and Jim stormbound in the cabin, and it also prevents Delane from searching for Rose. Jim has fallen in love with his mysterious little guest. To Rose, Jim is a hitherto unknown type of man, and new ideals are beginning to form in her heart. When the storm ends, Jim goes for a sleigh to take the girl to the railway, but before his return, Delane comes upon the cabin, bringing with him a telegram offering Rose an opportunity to appear in a Broadway production. In her excited delight, Rose does not leave a word of farewell for Jim. In the cabin, Jim dreams longingly of the unknown girl, even as Rose in the midst of the success she attains, sometimes thinks of the kind, strong, and honorable man, contrasting so vividly with Delane. Nevertheless, with a cynical indifference, she allows her engagement to Delane to be renewed. Jim at last strikes it rich, and business takes him to the east, where he chances to see Rose in a passing automobile. He searches for her, knowing that she is in the city, and at length chances to meet her at a moment when she is filled with disgust at the drunken antics of Delane. Jim knocks Delane down and escorts Rose to her home, where he declares his love, without mentioning his newfound wealth. The next day they are married and Jim takes her to the magnificent home he has purchased. It is of the cabin in the hills Rose has dreamed, and it is there that they spend their honeymoon.
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