Summary
A street-hardened waif, Muggsy Mulane, a figure of compelling ambiguity in her chosen masculine attire, abruptly severs ties with her criminal underworld following the apprehension of her mentor, Jimmy "the Eel." Her flight, an impulsive leap onto a country-bound freight, deposits her in the bucolic quietude of Cottonville. Here, a serendipitous encounter with the kindly Aunt Sarah blossoms into a genuine bond, only for Muggsy to uncover the startling truth: Sarah is the mother of the very man she fled. This revelation galvanizes Muggsy's inherent cunning. Confronted by the avaricious Judge Cotton, who holds Aunt Sarah's precarious mortgage, Muggsy deftly employs the threat of exposure, forcing the judge to recoil from his predatory designs. Her entrepreneurial spirit then surfaces as she orchestrates the sale of a portion of Sarah's land for an astonishingly inflated sum. Ultimately, with a blend of persuasion and sheer will, Muggsy orchestrates Jimmy's return to his familial roots, steering him towards a path of redemption and away from his previous illicit existence, a testament to her transformative influence.
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Muggsy Mulane, who wears boy's clothing, jumps a freight train to the country after Jimmy "the Eel," the leader of the gang of crooks with whom she works, is arrested. In the village of Cottonville, Muggsy befriends Aunt Sarah, whom she later discovers is Jimmy's mother. When Muggsy learns that the greedy Judge Cotton, who holds the mortgage on Aunt Sarah's property, is planning to foreclose, she threatens to blackmail him, and he relents. Next, Muggsy sells a part of Aunt Sarah's property for far more than it is worth, and finally convinces Jimmy to come home to his mother and live the straight life.
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