- Alice and Jack are sweethearts. The action opens in a park or wooded lot. Jack discovers a hollow in an old elm tree. They conceive the romantic idea of using the hollow as a "post office," and they leave notes there for each other. They are surprised in their lovemaking by Jimmie, who is promptly humbled, and he vows to get even for the affront. At a party Jack becomes jealous of Alice and the result is a quarrel. Each repairs to the old tree, expecting the other to write and make peace overtures, but is disappointed. Finally Jack, believing himself at fault, writes a contrite note and places it in the hollow of the tree. Alice, in making her daily call to the tree, notices Jack in that vicinity. She is seen by him and both are happy. Jimmie sees Jack place the note in the hollow and stealthily abstracts it. Alice looks in the hollow and finds no letter, and is disappointed. After she is gone Jimmie is stricken with remorse, and replaces the letter in the hollow of the elm. A few days elapse and Jack, getting no response from the letter, leaves the village for a city. Alice sees him through the window of her home bidding good-bye to his companion, and believes he has not forgiven her. The action is carried forward twenty years. Jack has flourished and become a prominent and influential broker, but has remained a bachelor. Alice has remained unmarried and has devoted her life to caring for her aged mother. In his bachelor apartments, surrounded by luxury, Jack is obsessed by an idea to revisit the scenes of his boyhood. He returns to his native village, visits the park, and draws near the old tree. It awakens memories of long ago. He is taking pictures of the old tree. Drawing nearer he notices the scars of the initials he cut and is visibly affected. Absent-mindedly he reaches into the hollow and pulls out the letter he wrote many years ago. It is yellowed with age, but he recognizes it and marvels. Taking the letter to the home of Alice unopened he hands it to her in silence. With trembling fingers she opens it, looks into his eyes, and discovers the old love light.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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