A wealthy Wyomingite disowns his son, Wayne Sturgis (William Fairbanks), for marrying art student Joan Prescott (Dorothy Revier). After several years on a small farm, Joan begins to suffer from disillusion, unhappiness, and poor health. The marriage is nearly ruined by the attentions that Monte Brett (Gladden James), a neighbor, pays Joan. Wayne struggles to make good and is eventually rewarded when his father forgives him and welcomes the young couple home.