The Reward of Patience
"This beautiful story of the love affairs of a little Quaker girl is positively one of the most fascinating pictures you have ever seen."
1916 · 50m · N/A Drama
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The Reward of Patience
Overview
When rich civil engineer Robert Penfield goes to a small Quaker town in Pennsylvania to supervise a job, he meets Patience, who soon falls in love with him, but Robert is engaged to Edith, who plans to marry him for his money only. To remain close to Robert, Patience returns with him to the city to take a job as his mother's secretary.
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