The Derelict (1912) Online
John Storm, a young minister, is desperately in love with Marion Truesdale, one of his parishioners. Soon after their betrothal, Sir Arthur Norworth, a wealthy English aristocrat, pays desperate court to her. His wealth and position attract her, and unknown to Storm, she agrees to go to England and become Lady Norworth. So it happens that when the wedding day arrives, Marion does not appear. Storm receives a telegram from Marion stating she has sailed with Norworth. He is shaken with grief and agony. We see him five years later in a town in the southwest, brought to the lowest level; a human derelict. He becomes a hanger-on to a mine owner, whom he has saved from a gang of men, and puts in his time brooding and drinking. One day, Burton, the mine owner receives a letter from his sister that Sir Arthur Norworth is dead, and she is bringing his widow out for a vacation. Burton loses the letter and Storm finds and reads it. The realization that Marion is coming is too much for him. ...