The Doctor's Carriage

The picture opens at the home of Prof. Max, a sweet old musician, who finds it hard to support his two motherless daughters, one of whom is blind. The three live together happily, however, and the professor takes great pride in his daughter's musical education. The little one sines, and the blind girl plays beautifully upon the violin. All three live in the hope that they will soon be able to accumulate enough money to consult a celebrated eye specialist concerning Violet's (the blind daughter's) eyes. But sickness and death overtake the poor old professor, and the orphans and the orphans find themselves penniless and homeless. They are finally compelled to sing in the streets, and thus eke out a precarious livelihood. While walking through a fashionable residential district one day, the little sister, Marie, sees the sign of the famous doctor in front of his home. She calls her blind sister's attention to it, but the afflicted girl has no hope that the doctor will see penniless patients. Marie, however, thinks differently, and after she has returned home with her sister, unseen by anyone, she slips quietly from the house and returns to the doctor's residence. She reaches there just in time to see the doctor alight from his carriage and go hastily up the steps. Before she can reach him to speak to him, he has already entered the house, and the servant refuses to allow the ragged little girl to follow him. Unable to secure an interview with the doctor, and gruffly ordered off the premises by the servant, little Marie conceives the idea of hiding in the doctor's carriage, so that when he next enters it she can make her appeal to him. The doctor sets out on his round of visits, and after the carriage starts he discovers, concealed beneath the lap robe, the terrified little girl. She pleads with him not to be angry with her and tells of her sister's affliction. The doctor is at once interested in the pathetic tale, goes with her to see Violet and has the stricken girl taken to a hospital where he operates successfully upon her eyes, restoring her sight. After her recovery, Dr. Grey brings Violet to the attention of some charitable woman, who, upon hearing her play the violin, and realizing her great talent, see that she does not lack professional engagements. While returning from one of her recitals, Dr. Grey offers to drive her home, and while the little sister is asleep on the opposite seat of the carriage, the doctor proposes to Violet and is accepted. Marie is awakened by the sound of a kiss, and is told that she is to have a big brother. - IMDb