by Mary Arbuckle
A weary schoolmaster seeks rest on a desolate Southwest ranch, only to discover he shares the house with a widow ground down by hardship and her children. When a stranger arrives from Oregon after twelve years, the past collides with a brutal present—and a forgotten promise becomes an act of redemption. Set against the vast Panhandle plains, this is a story of endurance, lost beauty, and love that refuses to die.
Transcribed from McCall’s, March 1930 (The McCall Company).