Helen Rowland

Jacqueline Roland, the daughter of a backwoodsman, meets Henri Dubois during a visit to the city, but is unresponsive to his attentions. Henri later takes charge of the lumber camp where Jacqueline lives, and is closely followed by Li Chang, who is blackmailing him to keep secret a murder he committed years earlier. The new boss is determined to win Jacqueline for himself and convinces her lover, Raoul Radon, that she no longer cares for him. When Li Chang kidnaps Jacqueline, Henri comes to claim her and an oil lamp is upset during the ensuing struggle. As the fire spreads into the forest, Jacqueline escapes with Li Ching in pursuit. She and Raoul are reunited, while Henri perishes in the blaze.

À la mort de leur mère adoptive, deux orphelins Timothy et Lady Gay quittent les faubourgs pour échapper à l'orphelinat. Ils sautent dans un wagon en direction du Maine, et errent sur les routes américaines, en quête d’un foyer plus paisible et plus accueillant…

A policeman falls for a teacher, and befriends her students. A gang of bootleggers threatens his newfound joys.

Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with hostility, David now an adult, goes on a mission to seek vengeance on the adopting family.