From the resulting infection, he goes deaf in his left ear.In the afternoons, George works at the local drugstore owned by "old man" Mr.Gower (H.B.Warner).Walking to work with his friends, they stand in awe and watch a horse-driven, hearse-like carriage pass by, carrying Mr.His father had spread the falsehood that she had gone East from the ranch shortly after the boys"" birth, and presumed that she died there.Plot SynopsisA spoiled, rich 12-year old boy, Harvey Cheyne (first-billed child actor Freddie Bartholomew), the only child of a widowed millionaire business tycoon, leans too far over the rail of a luxury ocean liner (theQueen Anne) to Europe with his father Mr." Morgan finishes his conversation with Frenchie about his lack of loyalties: "I know where you stand and what your sympathies are.