This story is about an old Southern plantation owner reminiscing how a minor quarrel destroyed the relationship with the love of his life.

[2] Stonewall Jackson (Jack) Hunt attends Harvard University where, besides his studies, he also runs track.

The judge's letter informs Jack he can no longer send money to support his education.

He only remains on the plantation through the good graces of the mortgage holder - The New York Trust Company.

While traveling to a competition, Jack catches his first glimpse of the younger Virginia Payne.

Before she leaves home, she gives her grandmother and her old silk purse, which she always keeps close by, and puts an old gown of her youth on a nearby chair.

Jack becomes concerned when he sees crepe draped all over the house and is relieved to find out it is for Virginia's grandmother.

Amid the chaos, Virginia recognized Jack, learns of his circumstances, and offers to pay his fare.

The judge tells Jack if he wants to live like a gentleman, he will need to work on the plantation alongside the other laborers.

Virginia feels now is the time to open the sealed packet her grandmother left her.

Virginia recognizes her grandmother had lived a frugal life to save the judge's plantation.

[6] There was a recurring claim that Carl Laemmle was the longest-running studio chief resisting the production of feature films.

[c] Carl Laemmle released 100 feature-length films in 1916, as stated in Clive Hirschhorn's book, The Universal Story.

[17] Carleton arrived with impeccable credentials, having directed some 60 films for the likes of Thanhouser, Lubin, Fox, and Selig.

[18] Between March and December 1916, 44-year-old Lloyd Carleton directed 16 movies for Universal, starting with The Yaqui and ending with The Morals of Hilda.

Of Carleton's total 1916 output, 11 were feature films, and the rest were two-reel shorts.

Carleton was given the task by Carl Laemmle to determine if the Davenport-Johnson duo had the desired on-screen chemistry.

In 1916, Carleton directed 13 films pairing Dorothy Davenport and Emory Johnson.

The movie is based on a story written by 51 year old Louis Grant Carpenter (1865–1936).

On March 15, 1915,[32] Laemmle opened the world's largest motion picture production facility, Universal City Studios.

The other films are: In the May 20, 1916 issue of the Moving Picture World, the reviewer writes:[38] "A two-reel number, by Grant Carpenter, featuring Emory Johnson, Alfred Allen, and Dorothy Davenport.

This is a tale of an old Southern plantation in which the owner tells the girl how his romance was shattered as the result of a quarrel over nothing.

There is no particular novelty of plot in this; it is just a pretty story of a sentimental sort, enacted by a pleasing cast amid attractive surroundings.