- Nara, the daughter of a wealthy Russian killed by the Bolsheviki, flees to America and meets Adam Pine, a sculptor, who marvels at the beauty of her hands. Through him she meets Mrs. Vanessa Yates, a patroness of the arts, and Dr. Emlen Claveloux, who is completely absorbed in science. Connor Lee, a fake spiritualist, persuades her that she has a God-given power to cure ill people, and profits financially by her success in this work. This brings her into conflict with the physician, whom she loves, but her faith in the power of will and her beauty of character finally teach him that faith is at least an important adjunct to medicine. Moving Picture World—Pamela Short
- Nara Alexieff is the daughter of Boris Alexieff, a wealthy landowner in Russia. Caught up in the Russian revolution, Alexieff is determined to send his daughter to America. He is murdered and his home burned. Nara hides in the home of revolutionaries, but is arrested. With the help of a revolutionary, she eventually escapes to the United States.
Arriving in America, she takes up quarters in a tenement on the East Side of New York. There, she makes the acquaintance of Vanessa Yates, a wealthy woman, who takes her under her wing. At a reception given by Yates, Nara meets Emlen Claveloux, a young doctor. The two become interested in each other. Elsewhere in the Yates home, Emma Gammell, who is social secretary to Mrs. Yates, is in love with Adam Pine, a sculptor. Noticing Nara's beautiful hands, Pine has created a sculpture of them. Emlen catches Nara and Pine in what he believes is a compromising position, causing Nara to leave the Yates home. She returns to her tenement, and recalls that she delivered a letter from a Russian revolutionary she befriended, to a man named Connor Lee.
Unknown to Nara, Lee is a con artist. He sees Nara's wonderful hands, and convinces her she has the power to heal the sick. Nara begins to perform "miracles" with her hands, which catches the attention of Dr. Haith Claveloux, father of Emlen Claveloux. Dr. Claveloux has no faith in spiritualism, and is determined to expose Lee. One day while Nara and Lee are together, Dr. Claveloux goes to see her. Lee excuses himself, and tells Nara to see the doctor. In reality, Lee flees and leaves behind a note, telling Nara he is going away for good because he fears the doctor. Nara's faith in her healing is destroyed.
Ironically, Dr. Claveloux had not come to expose Lee, but to seek Nara's help in working a miracle on his wife, who is dying. Nara, her confidence broken, refuses, but the doctor convinces her to try. Nara goes to the Claveloux household; miraculously the doctor's wife recovers. Emlen comes to his parents' house, skeptical over what has happened. But his mother convinces him that Nara has cured her. Emlen asks Nara to forgive him for the incident involving her and Adam Pine, and the two embrace.
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