City confidence woman Barbara Kaye visits the Logan farm in the Ozarks for the purpose of marrying Tom Logan for the fortune in coal beneath the Logan property. Paul, Tom's father, is suspicious of Barbara and disinherits Tom after his marriage. Angry with Logan and restless from the monotony of farm life, Barbara succumbs to the temptation of her former lover, Benton, and she returns to the city with the ex-convict and her daughter when Benton kills Paul Logan and Tom is imprisoned for the murder. Eventually, Barbara repents, confesses the truth, and is reconciled with Tom, who rescues his wife from the brutal Benton and takes his family back to the farm.—AFI