David Jackson resides on his country estate, and is a widower. With him lives Willie, his little nephew. The story opens with Mrs. Edwards taking an adjoining estate for the summer. She has her little niece, Dorothy, with her. Dorothy and Willie meet and the girl tells the boy they have taken the adjoining house. Elsa Edwards receives a letter that her sweetheart, John Jackson, is coming down to spend the summer with his uncle, and that they will enjoy the country. Jackson meets the charming widow and there is mutual attraction. Dorothy and Willie become fast friends, and there is a trio of love affairs. The harmony of the situation is broken when the children quarrel over the possession of a tricycle, and the widow and the widower take sides and are estranged. There is another outburst when the children meet at a pharmacy to partake of cooling drinks. Willie places a bug in the glass of Dorothy and she retorts by pouring the bitter decoction into his drink. There is another quarrel and the young lovers part in anger, leading their belligerent little relatives away. The children go out to fly kites and the kites become entangled in the air just as they have kissed and made up. The widow and the widower and the young lovers come on the scene and all become interested in the fate of the kites. There is an ingenious reconciliation that presents a charming picture, a fitting finale to a very pretty comedy.
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