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His Brother's Keeper (II) (1915)
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His Brother's Keeper (II) (1915)

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Jeremiah Stokes, a close-fisted farmer, is supporting his aged brother, David. David is a war veteran and is unable to do any hard work on the farm owing to his feebleness. His selfish brother and wife make life miserable for him and ...See moreJeremiah Stokes, a close-fisted farmer, is supporting his aged brother, David. David is a war veteran and is unable to do any hard work on the farm owing to his feebleness. His selfish brother and wife make life miserable for him and degrade him and insult him at every opportunity. They make him eat at "second table" and take the refuse of what is left from the first, and as a consequence, he has difficulty in getting enough to eat. Employed in the same household is Amanda, a little "slavie," and who is also mistreated and occasionally beaten by the high-tempered Mrs. Stokes. She manages to smuggle food to David in his attic bedroom, and the two, old age and girlish innocence, become inseparable companions. David has never applied for a pension, but now determines to do so. He writes to a Washington pension attorney, who, in answer, tells David that he will accept the case, but must have a cash retaining fee of $35. David does not have the money, but "Slavie" Amanda learning of the matter, advances the money to David out of her savings. The grateful old man promises to split fifty-fifty with her all the money collected from the Government for his back pension and interest. Jeremiah sends David to the poor farm. Amanda is heartbroken at the loss of her old friend and neighbors are indignant. At the poor farm David is sun-struck and falls seriously ill. A drought ruins Stokes crops and he is unable to moot his mortgage. It is foreclosed and the place advertised sold by the sheriff to satisfy the mortgage. The pension attorney comes to the farm to find David. Jeremiah refuses to tell the attorney where David Is. As the attorney is leaving Amanda sees him, and suspecting that it has something to do with the pension, buttonholes the lawyer and promises to take him to David. She steals Jeremiah's buckboard and team and drives the attorney to the poor house and there they find David and the attorney turns over to him the back pension. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Jay Hunt David Stokes David Stokes See fewer	The Black Sheep of the Family (1916)
Violet MacMillan Amanda - the Slavey Amanda - the Slavey See fewer	The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
Joseph J. Dowling Jeremiah Stokes Jeremiah Stokes See fewer	The Yankee Way (1917)
Gertrude Claire Malinda Stokes Malinda Stokes See fewer	Oliver Twist (I) (1922)