- In the poorest section of the city lives Nell, who spends her days at her grandfather's bird store, finding constant delight in the companionship of her feathered friends. One day Nell's grandfather is run over by a car driven by Mr. Morris, a millionaire, who offers to purchase a bullfinch at a large price in order to forestall a damage suit. When Nell's grandfather refuses to sell because the bird is his granddaughter's pet, the Morris' son Ned, impressed with Nell's charm, tells her to call if she is ever in need of assistance. It soon becomes evident that her grandfather is in need of expensive medical care, so Nell calls Ned and offers to sell the bird. Later the finch becomes ill and Nell is summoned to treat it. While she is at the house, Nell and Ned fall in love. Nell's happiness is clouded, however, when her misguided brother Carlo attempts to rob the Morris house. All ends happily, however, when through Nell's and Ned's devotion, Carlo is reformed and the grandfather receives the care he needs.
- Harbost, who runs an animal and bird store in a poor quarter of a great city, while trying to recall Carlo, his wayward grandson, is injured by an automobile belonging to a millionaire, Morris by name. Mrs. Morris, by way of forestalling his possible claim of damages, offers to buy a beautiful bullfinch, but Harbost refuses to sell it because it is so dearly loved by his granddaughter, Nell. Ned Morris, son of the millionaire and also a member of the automobile party, is much taken with Nell's quaint charm, and given her his card, bidding her call on him whenever he may be of assistance. As the days pass, Harbost's injuries prove serious, and Nell, being without funds for a physician and drugs, 'phones to Ned that she will sell his mother the bullfinch. Ned responds promptly, buys the bird and takes it home, where his mother plans to use it as the big surprise of her fancy dress ball that evening. When the time comes, however, the bird will not sing, so Mrs. Morris sends for the bird doctor. Nell goes in her grandfather's stead, attired in her best clothes, her grandmother's wedding dress. When she arrives, Ned, who has fallen in love with her, introduces her as his guest, and she becomes the belle of the evening. The bird requires her attention longer than was expected, and Nell remains for the night. In the meanwhile, Carlo, influenced by an evil companion who persuades him that the millionaire was unjust to the grandfather in not paying him any damages, comes to rob the Morris home. He gets the jewels of Mrs. Morris, but starts a burglar alarm. Nell hides him, and presently he escapes with the jewels. Nell follows to recover them, only to be promptly suspected of the theft. How she is cleared of the subsequent charge and united to her lover constitutes what is by no means the least interesting part of the action.
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