The Love Flower

After serving a prison sentence for a crime he did not commit, Thomas Bevan (George MacQuarrie) attempts to rebuild his life. He remarries, but his new wife (Florence Short) resents his close relationship with his daughter, Stella (Carol Dempster). When Secret Service agent Matthew Crane (Anders Randolf), the man responsible for Bevan's wrongful conviction, returns to town, tensions escalate. Bevan's wife begins an affair, and a loyal servant (Adolph Lestina) informs him shortly before a business trip. Bevan returns, confronts the situation, and during the ensuing altercation, a man is accidentally killed.

Bevan and Stella flee by motorboat, detaining Crane long enough to escape. They settle on a remote South Sea island with one servant.

While trading on a nearby island, Stella meets Bruce Sanders (Richard Barthelmess), a wealthy adventurer. Although interested in him, she suspects he may be associated with the authorities and avoids him. Puzzled, Sanders returns to the mainland and meets Crane, unaware of his intentions. He later brings Crane to the island.

Crane arrests Bevan. Believing Sanders acted deliberately, Stella sabotages the boat, stranding all four on the island. When a ship later washes ashore, Sanders destroys it to demonstrate loyalty. Stella responds by confessing her feelings for him.

Eventually, Crane's colleagues arrive. Bevan refuses to return with them. In the resulting struggle, Crane believes Bevan has drowned. Stella and Sanders depart but later return to rescue him.^[5]