The Rogers Daughter is one of the children affected by the family's poverty and by her father's departure. She cries with her mother, later shares the family's joy after the inheritance, prays before Christmas, and helps set a window trap intended to reveal the holiday visitor.
She is Doctor Harcourt and Mrs. Harcourt's young daughter, whose illness becomes the family's central crisis. Her condition worsens while her father is treating the other girl, and he returns home too late to save her, making her death the story's tragic outcome.
The Daughter is Ruth's young child and Simon's granddaughter. After her father's death, she accompanies Ruth through a life of poverty. When Ruth is sick and bedridden, the girl takes an item to Simon's pawn shop; he recognizes it, and her tears help soften his anger and bring him back to Ruth.
Dollie is the daughter at the center of the story. During a riverside outing with Father and Mother, she is kidnapped by the peddler and his companion, gagged, placed inside a sealed wooden barrel, and carried away. After the barrel floats downstream, Father rescues her and they reunite emotionally.
The young female protagonist who discovers her true feelings for her boyfriend's best friend after her sweetheart dies at sea.
One of the Old Soldier's nine children, who are drilled by their father as part of his household army. The synopsis establishes that the children range in age from a young man to a child and that the family faces a Sioux attack at its cabin, but gives no individual action or outcome for this child.
A background child extra present in the hallway environment.
Gladys Egan has 63 screen credits in a career dating back to 1908. Their work is anchored in the His Trust Collection universe with 2 titles. Signature works include The Broken Doll, His Sister-In-Law, A Child's Stratagem. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
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