John Caldigate

John Caldigate has run up a great many debts and quarreled with his father, a stern stubborn man. In an attempt to put matters right he has become indebted to Davis, a money lender, and his father no longer wants him to be heir to Folking, their family home. To escape the intolerable situation, John and his old friend Dick Shand decide to try their luck at gold-mining in Australia. When they meet the enigmatic and socially shunned Mrs. Euphemia Smith on board ship, however, their troubles a...