Summary
From the precipice of destitution, the spirited orphan Marty McKenzie, accompanied by her steadfast mentor Fannie Perkins, embarks on an improbable odyssey. The sudden demise of Marty's stepfather leaves them adrift, their only recourse a ramshackle van transmuted into a mobile antique emporium. Their itinerant quest for forgotten treasures unwittingly unearths a veritable Pandora's box: an antiquated trunk concealing documents that reveal Marty's true lineage as the granddaughter of the formidable, affluent Mrs. Burgess. Their journey culminates at the matriarch's imposing estate, yet the anticipated embrace of kinship proves chillingly absent. Marty, it transpires, is merely the progeny of Mrs. Burgess's late husband, a genealogical nuance the imperious dowager exploits to safeguard the vast inheritance for her favored son, Eric, a dashing Army aviator on leave. Fate, however, orchestrates an unforeseen romance between Marty and Eric, a burgeoning affection so profound it ultimately disarms Mrs. Burgess's avaricious machinations, dissolving her staunch opposition to their union and, by extension, to Marty's rightful place within the family's opulent legacy.
Synopsis
After her stepfather's death, orphan Marty McKenzie and her companion, teacher Fannie Perkins, find themselves in financial straits. To raise money, they rebuild an old van and travel in it selling antiques. In the process of finding antiques, they discover an old trunk containing information that Marty is the granddaughter of wealthy Mrs. Burgess. Marty and Fannie locate Mrs. Burgess' home, but when Marty finally meets Mrs. Burgess, the welcome is decidedly uncordial. Marty is actually only the granddaughter of the woman's late husband, and Mrs. Burgess wants to keep the estate inheritance solely for her son Eric, an Army aviator home on furlough. Marty and Eric fall in love, and Mrs. Burgess withdraws her opposition.
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