A romantic but rather artificial story of modern life among French peasants. It has some pretty scenes, but was made in America, and seems to have been produced with the help of painted sets in an outdoors studio. The story is good; it is significant and has much very real heart-interest. It is also kept clear, but its setting holds it back. An old miller (played by Frank Weed), lives with his daughter (Adrienne Kroel), in an ancestral grist mill. A Parisian capitalist (T.J. Comberford), forming a trust, needs the mill, but the miller wont sell. The capitalist puts up an opposition mill. His son (Allen Mathes) has fallen in love with the miller's daughter and melodramatic means are used to bring the rich man to terms. The costuming adds to the theatrical, artificial tone of the picture. It is not a great success. - The Moving Picture World, August 10, 1912
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