Wedlock (1918)

Unknown to his proud and wealthy family Granger Hollister marries Margery Harding a telephone operator Granger presents his new wife at an engagement party given for his sister Jane but Janes fiance Lord Cecil Graydon threatens to break off the betrothal unless Grangers marriage is annulled To please his sister Granger sacrifices Margery who seeks work and later gives birth to a child Following the babys death Margery goes West where she befriends an old miner who later leaves her his fortune Meanwhile Granger becomes involved in a fraudulent mining deal and because of George Osbornes perjured testimony he is sent to prison for five years When he escapes Margery agrees to hide him and is ultimately responsible for obtaining his pardon Granger then remarries the wife he once abandoned Written by Pamela Short from IMDBcom