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Her head filled with the forboding pronouncements of Black Cindy, the orphanage cook, Ann, an innocent young orphan, believes herself "hoodooed." Spurned by everyone at the orphanage and on her way to fulfilling Black Cindy's prophecies through her participation in a series of unlucky events, Ann finally vindicates herself by rescuing Goldie, the orphanage favorite, from a raging fire. Her selfless deed attracts the attention of Samuel and Elinor Knapp, who later adopt her. Now a young woman, Ann studies the pages of Vogue in her new home and begins a romance with Jimmie Vance, a handsome neighbor. After a night at the movies with Jimmie, Ann is inspired to imitate the film's Western hero and, while playing with a gun, accidentally fires into her neighbors' house. When Bill Higgins, the neighbor, vanishes, Ann is convinced that her stray bullet has killed him. Just after Ann confesses her "crime," however, Bill appears and says that he left town to get away from his wife's nagging. Cleared of the murder charge and rid of the "hoodoo" forever, Ann then marries Jimmie.
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