The Girl Who Won Out (1917)

Orphaned after the death of their mother Nancy Grimm and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the country where Ellen is adopted by the wealthy Walsh family Nancy keenly feels the loss of her sister and when the judge rules that she cannot visit Ellen without permission she throws herself onto a bench winning the sympathy of young attorney Chester Noble Nancy is then placed in the Wicks home where she is treated as a servant Miserable Nancy cuts off her hair and dressed as a boy runs away