A Youth of Fortune (1916)

At the urging of his wealthy grandfather Willie ODonovan is sent to boarding school by his preoccupied parents neither of whom shows much interest in the lad At school where he falls in love with Mary a country girl Willie hears that his grandfather has died and left him 50000000 to be managed by whomever Willie is living with on his eighteenth birthday Mr and Mrs ODonovan who are in the midst of divorce both hire private detectives to bring Willie back to them but after a series of close calls Willie manages to avoid the detectives and take refuge at the home of Marys mother