Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her against the taunts of some of the students, but when she's made to wear a dunce cap, she flees the schoolhouse in shame. Unsupervised by her alcoholic father, Nora becomes a determined truant, wandering the town during school hours. There she catches the attention of a huckster, who convinces her that they will run away and be married. The schoolmaster, meanwhile, preoccupied by Nora's absence, leaves his other students to go find her. He encounters her at a crossroads, being spirited away by the huckster, and calls the man's bluff by saying that he'll find them a minister.
as The School Teacher
as Nora, the Waif
as Nora's Father
as A Street Fakir
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
as The Street Fakir's Assistant
as Schoolboy
as Schoolgirl (unconfirmed)
as A Mother
as Schoolgirl
as At the Bee
as At the Bee
as Extra
as Student (uncredited)
