Clark Davis struggles to maintain his land and his family during a long drought. With a bank loan to repay, his wife, Ellen, takes a job in town as a seamstress, but soon becomes ill with scarlet fever. Devastated to lose his beloved wife, Clark and his young daughter Missie turn to his parents Irene and Lloyd for . Clark must find a way to save his farm and survive Ellen's death without losing the person he loves most: his daughter.