Mary was only twenty, and her younger sister June was fourteen, when their parents died. The insurance payment and parental savings were just enough to pay off the house bought on credit, and there was still a little left to open a store. The business was not very profitable, but it was still enough to somehow make ends meet. Mary tried to take care of June and saved money so that her sister could continue her education after graduating from school. But all her plans collapsed when an angry Thomas Thacher appeared on the threshold of their house, claiming that June was expecting a child from his younger brother...