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The Way of a Maid Synopsis

Returning to a friend's apartment after a masquerade ball where she has won first prize as a lady's maid, society girl Naida Castleton is mistaken for the housemaid by Thomas Lawlor. He is struck by her beauty, however, and in a spirit of mischief she keeps up the deception. Naida suffers a financial misfortune, and she is obliged to sell her city property and lease her summer home, which is acquired by Tom's socially ambitious mother; Naida then continues in the role of secretary to Mr. Lawlor, who does not suspect her deception. While shopping, Naida is discovered by her friends and taken to her home, where she serves them cocktails. Mrs. Lawlor arrives and, realizing the situation, pretends to be a guest. Before Tom discovers the truth, he proposes to her, and after revealing her true identity, she accepts.

Little Miss No-Account Synopsis

Patty Baring will lose the fine old Washington Square house she is to inherit if her scheming stepfather Josiah Wheeler's plan to acquire it for himself is successful. Cruelly abused by Wheeler, a gambling hall owner, Patty runs away to live with a newsboy named Bobby and his grandfather Herman. There, in spite of her shabby dress and humble companions, she arouses the admiration of Edwin Sayer, the district attorney. Ned, a soft-spoken gambler, desires to possess Patty, and at the instigation of her stepfather, lures her into a gambling den that Edwin has been planning to raid. Patty is arrested, but Edwin secures her release and places her in the charge of his mother. Ned and Josiah are imprisoned, leaving Patty free to claim her inheritance and wed Edwin.