Summary
Set against the backdrop of New York high society and the mining industry, 'The Girl of Gold' delves into a complex web of love, deception, and societal expectations. Helen Merrimore, a daughter of a wealthy mine owner, faces rejection from New York's elite due to her wealth. Disillusioned, she attends a house party under an assumed name, where she meets Schuyler Livingstone, the impoverished heir to the elite Livingstone family. Their romance blossoms despite social pressures and a series of misunderstandings, climaxing at a dangerous mine cave-in that brings them together in a moment of truth.
Synopsis
Helen Merrimore, the daughter of a mine owner, is snubbed by New York society. Weary of being courted for her wealth, she attends under an assumed name a house party being given by Ned and Edith Loring. There she falls in love with Schuyler Livingstone, the impoverished heir of the elite Livingstone line. Edith Loring, who secretly loves Schuyler, arranges to have dinner with him at a questionable roadhouse. They are discovered by Edith's husband, Ned, but Helen, who has happened to come there, protects the innocent Schuyler by telling Ned that she herself arranged the dinner meeting to announce her engagement to Schuyler. Helen later learns that Schuyler earlier has been persuaded by her father to marry her--sight unseen, buying Schuyler's name with Merrimore money. The estranged but still engaged couple give a ball in Merrimore's mine, during which there is a cave-in. She and Schuyler come to recognize their true love just as they are rescued.
