Martha Davis looked up from her kitchen chores as the back door opened and her husband, Jed, came in with a letter from his old friend, John Barrie. John struck it rich with his prospecting twenty years ago, and since had a son, who acted like money was nothing of importance. Being worried for his son's attitude, he has decided to send him to Jed for him to labor on the farm, and see what hard work is all about...