Following her mother's death, Sadie is left with the onerous task of doing all the household chores for her father and brothers, with any sass likely to result in a strapping from her father. But when she brings home a young Indian girl who's about to give birth she ends up meeting John Marshall, a tall, handsome Texas Ranger. Despite her feisty attitude, John asks her father for permission to marry her, but Sadie is less than co-operative, throwing a series of objects at his head when they next meet! It looks like John has his work cut out if the marriage is to go ahead...