Schoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him a note of reconciliation but throws it away. Without her knowledge, one of her students fishes it out of the trash and sends it to her fiancé. Later, Edith is alone grading papers when a man bursts in and threatens her.
Blanche Sweet
as Edith
Edwin August
as Jack
Edna Foster
as Billy
Joseph Graybill
as The Half-Wit
Kate Bruce
as Edith's Mother
Claire McDowell
as The Half-Wit's Mother
Frank Evans
as Jack's Father
Alfred Paget
as A Farmer
