- Gretchen Carr, in love with Frank Conway, decides not to marry him until she can see her artist brother, George Carr, himself happily married . Carr is attracted to unsuitable young ladies so Conway arranges for his pretty niece to pose as a member of a gypsy band. Conway takes Carr to the camp on the assurance that there he will find good material for his art. Carr paints the portrait of the supposed daughter of the chief and when finished he realizes that he is in love with the model. In a surprise raid, the gypsy band is arrested. Carr furnishes bail for the chief's daughter but to his surprise finds that she is not the same as the model. That evening Conway visits Carr and introduces his niece. Carr discovers her to be the lovely pretend gypsy. Both couples agree to make plans for a double wedding.—archivist FrankLloydFilms.com
- George Carr is a wealthy young artist of romantic tendencies. His elder sister, Gretchen, refuses to marry the man who loves her, Frank Conway, until the artist really falls in love with some suitable girl and settles down. Frank immediately lays his plans. The arrival of his pretty niece from the east for a visit comes opportunely. The next day he tells Carr that he has found a gypsy camp near town which might offer good material for the jaded imagination of the artist. Together they auto to the camp, where Carr immediately becomes infatuated with the daughter of the gypsy chief. Her father allows her to pose for the artist upon the payment of a goodly sum. Several sittings are necessary before the picture is finished, but Carr is prevented from any lovemaking by the constant presence of the old hag, "mother" of the girl. The finished canvas is much admired, but Carr is not satisfied. He suddenly realizes that he truly loves the girl. Frank appears with a paper relating that the gypsies have been arrested for thieving, and are to be thrown into jail as they cannot pay their fine. George decides to pay the fine himself and to ask the girl to marry him. His sister enters a fierce, but pretended, protest, but it serves only to strengthen his determination. He goes with Frank to the police court and pays the fine. Then, turning to speak to the gypsy girl, he encounters the old chief, his hag of a wife, and a strange ugly girl whom they call their daughter. He asks in vain for information of the girl who posed for him. The chief pretends he cannot understand. Carr is disturbed. Later he goes to the camping place to find nothing but ashes left. Back at home he mopes before the picture which smiles mockingly at him. That night Frank arrives with his niece. Carr is in the studio and Frank goes to call on him, inviting him to meet his niece. Reluctant to leave his dreams of the gypsy maid, the artist accompanies Frank to Gretchen's sitting room to find that Frank's niece is the gypsy girl herself. Carr is puzzled for a moment, but forgives the little "Arrangement with Fate" because of the delightful results. Frank receives his reward and everyone is happy.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Gretchen Carr, in love with Frank Conway, decides not to marry him until she can see her artist brother, George Carr, himself happily married . Carr is attracted to unsuitable young ladies so Conway arranges for his pretty niece to pose as a member of a gypsy band. Conway takes Carr to the camp on the assurance that there he will find good material for his art. Carr paints the portrait of the supposed daughter of the chief and when finished he realizes that he is in love with the model. In a surprise raid, the gypsy band is arrested. Carr furnishes bail for the chief's daughter but to his surprise finds that she is not the same as the model. That evening Conway visits Carr and introduces his niece. Carr discovers her to be the lovely pretend gypsy. Both couples agree to make plans for a double wedding.
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