Young couple gets married in secret because her family objects to the match. To escape the family the couple goes into hiding.

In this picture it is shown how a convict's life still remains under the ban of the law, even after the expiration of his term. With the detective continually on his track, he is able to save both a young woman's honor and her weak brother from the hands of a designing employer.

John Douglas, a high-society playboy, is a cynic concerning the women of his social set, and has a pictured ideal of the girl of his dreams. Wising to avoid the upcoming social season, he hops a freighter bound for the Orient. It sinks in mid-ocean and he, as the sole survivor, is washed upon a island, where he is rescued by Nia, daughter of the tribal chief, Neto.John is puzzled as all of the tribe are white people, but he learns from the tribal chief they are descendant's of English-origin who also are on the island because of a ship wreck a few hundred years ago.

Asa, in love with Senneth but rejected for Essene, asks her sorcerer father, Kam, to magically force Senneth to reciprocate her love. Kam refuses. When Asa tries to poison Senneth, another sorcerer, Ram, intervenes with a 3,000-year spell of loveless rebirth.

Bank cashier Norman Stockton is falsely accused of embezzlement. He flees to the North, becomes a prospector, and his wife, Bess, follows, losing her memory after a shipwreck rescue. A lightning strike restores her memory, revealing the truth and reuniting the couple after 16 years.

Mary, a farmer's daughter in New England. The summer boarders who had been staying at her family's farm have departed, but two of them, Lloyd Norman and his cousin Edgar, remain in Mary's thoughts. Mary is concerned about a promise that was made to her earlier, and awaits a summons that would bring her happiness, but it never arrives.

David McCare, a musical idol, discards his mistress, Margie, for the heiress Diana. McCare has Margie removed by his valet, Ludwig, who is also in love with Margie and eventually marries her. After McCare marries Diana, his infidelity with Diana's friend, Edna, leads to Diana divorcing him, and McCare ultimately marries Edna.