Ben Calvert had always dictated the terms of his relations to this fellow men. But the other day, his secretary, Jessie Ward, had confronted him with her terms to a proposition for which there seemed to be no alternative. Ben had exerted every effort to discover why his daughter had left so unexpectedly for California, but his efforts had been fruitless. It was Miss Ward who had supplied him with the information, and was going to announce it to the town, unless Bill married her. But Ben had no intention of being forced into a marriage...