A nurse loses her job after selflessly taking the blame for a fatal mistake her sister and co-worker made. She is subsequently employed at a poorly-equipped hospital, where she finds romance and tragedy.

Nurse Anne Lee blames herself for a fatal mistake made by her sister and fellow nurse Lucy. Anne loses her job and gets a new one at a poorly-equipped country hospital, where she falls in love with Dr. Prescott, who is battling with Mr. Bowly, the chairman of the local hospital board, who also makes Anne's life miserable. But then a virulent epidemic begins.—Stephan Eichenberg <[email protected]>