Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS for burning a barn for revenge after being kicked out of the other town. Will Varner owns nearly every thing in Frenchman's Bend and also he hires Ben to perform in his store. Will thinks his son, Jody, that lacks dream oversees the store and despairs of him becoming his wife pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, a schoolteacher, Clara, will never get married. He determines that Ben Quick Will Make a Great husband for Clara to attract some new blood