

After obtaining a divorce from his second wife Emily, Roy Tappan marries Dora Carson, who has just divorced her husband. Left poor with two children, Emily marries Walter Heath, a former suitor, then discovers that she cannot live with her new husband because the divorce is not legal in her home state. Tappan and his new wife soon run out of money, each having thought the other was wealthy. His aunt promises to support him in exchange for his two children. He kidnaps the children and hides them from Emily in his aunt's home. After Emily and Walter find them, they go to Yellowstone Park, where they are considered legally married. Tappan follows and is killed after a fight with Walter when a boiling geyser throws him into the air and throws him onto the rocks below.
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Cast

Helene Chadwick
Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan

Lew Cody
Roy Tappan

George Walsh
Walter Heath

Carmel Myers
Mrs. Dora Carson Tappan

Dale Fuller
Aunt Alida Kane

Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Kane Norton Tappan

Kathleen Key
Yvette - The Governess
Rush Hughes
Jerry Dysart - Emily's Brother

Marjorie Bonner
Marjory Towne
Robert DeVilbiss
Paul Tappan - Emily's Son
Virginia Loomis
Ivy Tappan - Emily's Daughter
Richard Wayne
Arthur Clayton
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