The Evil Thereof (1913 film)

The Evil Thereof 1913 is a short silent film, starring May Abbey and Bliss Milford, produced by the Edison Studios, and released by General Film Company.

On the afternoon following the unsuccessful interview with the proprietor, Mary, exhausted by the grind, faints as she is leaving the store. She is caught by a nice young man who, after accompanying her home, pays the insistent rent collector what is due him. Several days later, owing to the increasing rush of customers, Mary again faints from exhaustion, and after a stormy scene with her father, Kathryn takes the weakened woman to her squalid home.There she learns of the discovery of a note from her brother, Jack, urging the woman to accept the money. Misunderstanding the note Kathryn takes it to her father, upon whom dawns the true state of things. Through parsimony he has made himself a virtual instigator of his sons evil intentions. Whereupon an immediate raise of wages is given all employees. ........

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