The Whirlpool of Destiny (1916)

George Bell a wild young man lives with his rancher father Thomas Bell in Paradise Valley California When George sells his fathers favorite horse Mr Bell turns him out and George becomes a grain salesman in St Louis Meanwhile Polly Martin lives with her father Bill an exbusinessman who has sunk to daylabor because of his addiction to alcohol Bill frequently abuses Polly and when he falls to his death from a high girder Polly becomes a nurse in the Salvation Army in St Louis George falls in love with Polly after he saves her from the advances of a drunk but she will not marry him because of his wild past