Penny arrives by airplane in the neighborhood of the Kingdon ranch. Her behavior is thought suspicious, and she is put in jail, where Kurt Walters, foreman of the ranch and deputy sheriff, recognizes her as a girl his friend Jo met in Chicago who confessed to being a thief.

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"body{color:#fff;background:#000;font-family:Georgia,serif;}a{color:#0E7490;text-decoration:none;}a:hover{color:#EAB308;}blockquote{border-left:4px solid #C2410C;padding-left:1em;margin:1.5em 0;font-style:italic;} The first time I screened Penny of Top Hill Trail it was a 16 mm print spliced with Scotch tape that smelled like childhood attic. Light bled through the emulsion, turning Lizette Thorne’s close-ups into solar flares. I fell anyway—hard—because this 1921 oater is secretly a meta-memoir..."
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