- The father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in scheme to blackmail a wealthy girl. Meg is put on probation to Benjamin Merton, father of the girl to be blackmailed. When she discovers her father's plan she reveals all, risking expulsion from her new home and the company of its very attractive son Tom.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
- "English" Hal, a con artist, poses as a British aristocrat to weasel his way into the wealthy Merton household, while Meg Dugan, whose father works with Hal, escapes from the juvenile hall next door and is also taken in by the Mertons. Always having been infatuated by Arthurian legends, Meg falls instantly in love when she meets young Tom Merton whom she sees as Sir Galahad. Meanwhile, Hal has his sights set on Tom's sister Alice and successfully courts her until Meg exposes him. For revenge, Hal produces Meg's father, who says that the Mertons can keep his daughter if they agree to pay him for her. Outraged, Tom's grandfather sends both Dugans from his home, but later, realizing that Meg and Tom really do love each other, he relents and allows the couple to marry.—Pamela Short
- Meg Dugan, a waif of the slums, whose mother is dead, lives with her drunken father in San Francisco. Despite her rough environments, there has developed in little Meg's soul an intense love of things beautiful, and a great taste for dancing. Fleeing from her father, Meg takes refuge in an old ash barrel and there discovers a dilapidated volume of "King Artnur and His Knights of the Round Table." Deeply interested in the pictures in this book, Sir Galahad at once becomes the hero of her dreams. Dugan and "English" Hal, a "black sheep" of an old English family, run a "Social Club," where liquor is unlawfully sold. The club is raided, but Hal and Dugan manage to get enough money together to carry out their plan of posing Hal as "Lord Henry Trevor." Hal kisses Meg against her will, and in the fight which results between him and Meg's father, the latter is shot and left for dead. Meg again takes refuge in her ash barrel where she is found by a policeman and hustled off to the Detention Home. Tempted by Merton's beautiful flower garden next door, she climbs the wall and is feasting on the fruits and flowers when old Merton appears. Meg hides under a table. "Lord Hal," seeking out Merton to ask for his granddaughter Alice's hand, discovers the volume of "King Arthur" lying on the table, and is much disturbed when he recognizes it as Meg's. Unable to stay in her cramped position under the table any longer, Meg crawls out and tells the astonished Merton her story. That night, Meg, reading her beloved book, is attracted by the music next door and again climbs the wall. The occasion is a fancy dress ball which Alice is giving in honor of her brother Tom's birthday. Tom, disgusted with trying to "turkey-trot" in the suit of armor he is wearing, goes into the garden to "cool off." Meg, believing him to be her real knight who has come to rescue her, nestles confidingly on his breast. Tom assures the little waif he has indeed come to rescue her. At his suggestion, old Merton takes Meg on probation with the idea of adopting her. "English" Hal nearly faints when he recognizes Meg. Much to Hal's and Meg's discomfiture, a slumming party is suggested, and they accidentally find Dugan, who recognizes Hal. Hal tells him about Meg and Tom. The two men plot to "work" Tom for the price of their silence, and when Tom is approached, he gives Dugan a ten thousand dollar check, the birthday present from his grandfather. To save Alice from the fake "Lord," Meg tells his story to Merton and Tom. Hal confesses that he is "English," and is arrested. Dugan's heart softens as he hears Meg's heartbroken farewell to Tom, because her "father can't associate with high-brows" and she refuses to leave him alone, and he slips the check on which he has written his promise not to bother her again under the door. As he goes down the battered old stairway, he meets the aristocratic old Merton, and the two men glower at each other as they both realize the great gulf between them. Old Merton's heart is touched when he sees the home Meg has left, and slowly opens his arms to receive the little waif who has proved herself so worthy.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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