Children of Banishment (1919)

Foreman Dick Bream, of the lumber firm of Hill and Burchard, resigns from his job to buy a profitable tract of land with stranger Allen Mackenzie. Dick's former boss Hill, desiring the land, attempts to buy out Mackenzie without Dick's knowledge. After Hill tries to prevent Dick from shipping logs over his territory, to stop them from reaching the railroad, Dick fights Hill and dynamites the logs Hill placed as an obstruction. When Dick discovers Hill's dealings with Mackenzie, he forces Mackenzie to put his shares in his wife Eloise's name. As Mackenzie begins to act honestly, Dick discovers that he is falling in love with Eloise. Not able to eat or sleep because of his love for her, Dick leaves the camp. Mackenzie, who ascertains that Eloise has been faithful, follows Dick and falls into a mountain stream. Dick saves his life, but soon dies from pneumonia after wishing happiness to Mackenzie and Eloise.