They Looked and Loved; or, Won by Faith

Solid 3.5. I liked this, despite its melodrama.

Pretty Nita is despairing and ready to throw herself into the river when an old miser offers her riches if she will marry him; when she hesitates, he agrees to give her a full year to do as she pleases before he claims her. She little dreams how much will happen in that year, especially not that she will fall in love with a good young man who is ready to do anything to win her. And she little knows why the miser has sought her out for that favor in the first place...for why should a miser be so ready to give away his gold in the first place?