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The Kalem Company has produced a film under this title which has many merits to commend it. For example, the scenery at the opening is exceptionally good. It is of Ladden Rock farm and is a beautiful example of a well kept estate. There is a girl who has grown up on the estate and is considered a tomboy, but who has many womanly impulses which develop with the picture. As is inevitable in a story, and perhaps many times in real life, she is loved by two young men, one of whom has been her companion nearly all her life. She refuses his advances, however, as well as the other, and there are a number of plots and counter plots by the villain to add interest to the occasion. Finally the whole matter works out satisfactorily and the young people are wedded. Dramatically this film is strong, just as many others from the same house have been strong. The acting is in keeping with the characters and seems to correctly interpret the conception of the writer of the story. The climaxes are well worked out and there is a continuity of interest which is maintained from the beginning to the end when the young man is pushed into the water and rescued by the tomboy herself. The denouement, where they talk it over and decide upon a wedding, is convincing and seems a fitting ending to an otherwise excellent tale. The photography is good and the action is well managed. The staging could not have been better and shows great care in working out the details. Altogether it is an unusually interesting film. - The Moving Picture World, July 31, 1909