Ruth Page becomes infatuated with the new boarder from the city. Dave Cobb, her rural sweetheart, asks her to go with him and his father to locate a new well. Billy Graham, the new boarder, laughs at Ruth and she refuses to go. Dave becomes downhearted, and leaving the well, decides to go fishing. While he is gone, the well caves in. Ruth, conscience-stricken at the way she has treated Dave, searches for him to beg his forgiveness. She goes to the well and finds it has caved in. Thinking Dave has been killed, she summons help. While they are digging frantically at the well, Dave appears on the scene to the joy of all.
