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A Country Cupid
UNITED STATES · 1911

A Country Cupid

D.W. Griffith
romance misunderstanding redemption interference danger
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Synopsis

Schoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him a note of reconciliation but throws it away. Without her knowledge, one of her students fishes it out of the trash and sends it to her fiancé. Later, Edith is alone grading papers when a man bursts in and threatens her.

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