A family disrupted by wanderlust is caught in a jealous financial scheme until the community exposes and punishes its unscrupulous instigator.
Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
A Family Split by Wanderlust
John Linden's wanderlust has tangled the lives of two daughters. Their resemblance and John's regular financial support create the conditions for later suspicion and exploitation.
Key Events
John Linden Wanders — John Linden's wanderlust disrupts the order of his family life. Characters: John LindenLocation: The village
A Divided Family — John's life becomes entangled with the lives of two daughters. Characters: John LindenLocation: The village
Two Daughters Resemble — The two daughters are noted to resemble one another. Characters: John LindenLocation: The village
Regular Financial Support — John regularly provides money for his first daughter. Characters: John LindenLocation: The village
The Lawyer Sees Opportunity — Mark identifies John's financial support as an opportunity for control. Characters: Mark Lezzard, John LindenLocation: The sea town
Mark Studies Resemblance — Mark uses the daughters' resemblance as part of his scheme. Characters: Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
The Lawyer's Jealous Scheme
Mark Lezzard recognizes an opportunity in the family's money and the resemblance between the daughters. He begins manipulating Jack Yeulette's emotions for personal gain.
Key Events
Mark Studies Resemblance — Mark uses the daughters' resemblance as part of his scheme. Characters: Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
Jack Returns From Sea — Jack is established as the skipper of a fishing smack. Characters: Jack YeuletteLocation: A fishing smack
Jealousy Is Provoked — Mark deliberately arouses Jack's jealousy. Characters: Mark Lezzard, Jack YeuletteLocation: The sea town
Jack Doubts His Marriage — Jack's jealousy threatens the stability of his marriage. Characters: Jack Yeulette, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
Mark Pursues Control — Mark seeks Jack's wife and control of the associated money. Characters: Mark Lezzard, Jack YeuletteLocation: The sea town
Havoc in the Sea Town
Jack's jealousy spreads through the family situation and threatens the security connected to John's financial support. Mark's attempt to gain control intensifies the disorder.
Key Events
Mark Pursues Control — Mark seeks Jack's wife and control of the associated money. Characters: Mark Lezzard, Jack YeuletteLocation: The sea town
Family Havoc Spreads — Mark's manipulation causes widespread turmoil in John's family. Characters: John Linden, Jack Yeulette, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
Jack Faces Manipulation — Jack remains caught in the jealousy Mark has created. Characters: Jack Yeulette, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
The Fortune Is Threatened — Mark's plan threatens the money intended for John's daughter. Characters: John Linden, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
The Scheme Unravels — The consequences of Mark's manipulation begin to expose his intentions. Characters: John Linden, Jack Yeulette, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
The Town Turns Against Mark
Mark's conduct is finally recognized as unscrupulous. The crowd confronts and punishes him after learning what he has done.
Key Events
The Scheme Unravels — The consequences of Mark's manipulation begin to expose his intentions. Characters: John Linden, Jack Yeulette, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
Mark Is Exposed — The community learns that Mark is an unscrupulous and contemptible man. Characters: John Linden, Jack Yeulette, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
The Crowd Confronts Mark — The crowd turns against Mark after discovering his wrongdoing. Characters: Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
The Crowd Punishes Mark — The crowd 'fixes' Mark after learning what a wretch he is. Characters: Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
The Manipulator Falls — Mark's control over Jack collapses when his conduct is revealed. Characters: Mark Lezzard, Jack YeuletteLocation: The sea town
Happiness After Exposure
With Mark disgraced, the destructive scheme loses its force. Happiness returns to the other characters, while Mark alone is excluded from the favorable ending.
Key Events
The Manipulator Falls — Mark's control over Jack collapses when his conduct is revealed. Characters: Mark Lezzard, Jack YeuletteLocation: The sea town
Happiness Returns — The family turmoil subsides and happiness becomes possible. Characters: John Linden, Jack YeuletteLocation: The village
Everyone Except Mark Is Happy — The story ends happily for everyone except the disgraced Mark. Characters: John Linden, Jack Yeulette, Mark LezzardLocation: The sea town
Story Breakdown
John's Restless Family — John Linden's wanderlust disrupts his family and links the lives of two daughters.
Wanderlust Disruption — John's restless lifestyle jumbles his own life and his daughters' lives.
Two Daughter Connection — The daughters are connected by their resemblance and their relationship to John.
The Money Thread — John's regular financial support creates the material stake that Mark wants to control.
Regular Support — John provides money regularly for his first daughter.
Fortune Targeted — Mark hopes to gain control of the money through manipulation.
Mark's Manipulation — The sea town lawyer turns family resemblance into a tool for personal ambition.
Resemblance Exploited — Mark draws attention to the resemblance between the two daughters.
Jealousy Provoked — Mark arouses Jack Yeulette's jealousy to advance his plan.
Jack's Jealous Crisis — Jack's emotional response becomes the main channel through which Mark creates havoc.
Skipper Under Pressure — Jack's identity as a fishing-smack skipper frames his position in the sea town.
Marriage Threatened — Mark's manipulation places Jack's marriage and family security under strain.
Escalating Family Havoc — The attempt to gain a wife and control money spreads disorder across the family.
Control Attempt — Mark seeks influence over Jack's wife and the money tied to her.
Interests Collide — John's support and Mark's ambition come into direct conflict.
Community Retribution — The town learns Mark's true character and responds collectively.
Mark Exposed — The crowd discovers that Mark is an unscrupulous and contemptible man.
Happiness Restored — The crowd punishes Mark, after which happiness belongs to everyone except him.
John Linden, a victim of wanderlust, jumbles up his life and that of his two daughters. One is a daughter by marriage, the other an offspring of Jessie Walton, a young woman of the village. Noting the resemblance of the two, unscrupulous Mark Lezzard, the sea town's only lawyer, arouses the jealousy of the first daughter's husband Jack Yeulette, the skipper of a fishing smack, hoping to gain her for himself and thereby obtain control over the money John provides for her on a regular basis. After much havoc, happiness is the lot of everyone except Lezzard, whom the crowd "fixes" when they learn of what a wretch he is. A lost film.
