A woman travels to California to become the mail order bride of an older man and unfortunately, when she arrives she finds out that he's dead. A preacher tells her that the dying wish of the old rancher was to bring God back in to the life of his three sons, so she decides to honor the old man's memory and try it. Two of the sons are uncouth and louts, but the third is reasonable so she starts with him. Along the way there are many obstacles as well as some buried treasure, but she despairs of breaking through the barrier of one of the sons, Carl.