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Bored by the conventionalities of society and the conditions that existed in his own particular circle, Roland Van Dyke develops melancholia, much to the distress of his mother. Roland is ordered on a long sea voyage: the ship is wrecked ...See moreBored by the conventionalities of society and the conditions that existed in his own particular circle, Roland Van Dyke develops melancholia, much to the distress of his mother. Roland is ordered on a long sea voyage: the ship is wrecked and he is cast upon a cannibal island. His struggle with several wild men is witnessed by a wild girl, who, attracted and fascinated by the strange new creature, helps him to get away from his foes. Roland, half frenzied from loneliness for human company, starts to follow the wild girl and she eludes him. He tries to charm her by playing the flute, which he had learned aboard the ship. His efforts are successful and they take up their abode together. Two years later, some sailors looking for water sight the signal that Roland has fixed and they offer to take him back to civilization. On arriving home, he finds his mother has died of grief at his loss, and her property given to the girl Roland was to have married, but who is now married to Roland's cousin. Roland finds that he cannot return to the old life, so after a settlement with the girl, Edith, he takes a few thousand dollars and returns to his wild girl, who is now the mother of a child. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less