The Test of Manhood (1914)

Harry Wentworth is the profligate son of a ranch owner His father is tired of Harrys irresponsible drinking and gambling and banishes him from home Harry becomes a sailor but right away gets in trouble with the captain The hard work does him good however and when he feels hes had enough of the captains brutality he escapes overboard with a couple of friends whom he takes to his fathers ranch Back home he discovers that his father is in danger of losing his ranch to scheming lawyer Jim Martin Martin is in love with Ethel Crandall the sister of gambler Ralph Crandall