- It was to be a surprise for her little girl when she stood up on her wedding day with faithful Billy. But Aunt Marion in the city believed in broadening, and proceeded to broaden Maybelle. A great opportunity appeared: the son of her aunt's most particular friend. There was a lavish trousseau. Mother and Billy waited. They knew Maybelle.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Billy had always loved Maybelle. They were given parental consent to marry, and Mother decided to make a wedding gown as a surprise for Maybelle. One night when she had invited Billy to supper with Maybelle, a hindrance to their plans came in the form of a letter from Mother's sister Marion, who lived in the city. Aunt Marion was one of those individuals who believed in progress in life and she had proven it herself; she had left the country and become the wife of a well-known man of wealth who had since died and left her all his money. But there had been no children, so it was natural that Aunt Marion should think of little Maybelle and want her to come to the city. She stated in her letter that she hoped to broaden her life and bring something different into it. There was a party to celebrate Maybelle's departure for the city and her engagement to Billy. Mother and Billy consented that Maybelle might go to the city and be broadened. As far as she was concerned, the broadening process consisted of attending musicales, parties, and teas, and at last Marion introduced her to the son of her best friend and told Maybelle that it was her duty to marry this man. Being conscientious and knowing how much her mother and she owed Aunt Marion for her kindness to them when they had been in need after her father's death, believed it was her duty to agree to this. She wrote to her mother, but she advised that she had better not tell Billy until it was done. Billy, who brought the letter from the post office, thought it meant that she would soon be coming home. Mother was grief-stricken when she read the letter and handed it to Billy, who smothered his sorrow and agreed to agreed to deliver to Maybelle the wedding gown that Mother had finished. On the dress was a note which read: "My dear little Maybelle. This was to be a surprise for my little girl when she stood up with good faithful Billy on her wedding day. Every stitch means love, dear, and a happy life with a good honest man. Momzie." The dress came while Maybelle was enjoying the new trousseau that her aunt had prepared for her. Later, called to the drawing room to meet her fiancé, she withdrew unexpectedly after telling him that she did not know if she cared to be married to him. There in her room she found her aunt's friends making fun of the dress her mother had sent. Marion showed them the letter and they retired in shame, while Aunt Marion took aside the young man and told him not to be troubled, that Maybelle would soon get over her tantrum. But Maybelle soon stole out of the house with the plain wedding gown in her suitcase, and that night she crept back to the farmhouse where Billy and Mother, good old pals, were waiting by the fireside They welcomed her warmly, and everything ended as it should.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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