When Mary Taylor agrees to marry wealthy Jack Arden and move West, she’s very clear on her reasons for marrying: her family’s farm is struggling badly, and she’s marrying to be able to help out her parents.
Jack readily promises to let her send money home each month. But when Mary meets Jack, handsome and charming as he is, things don’t add up at all.
Why is the wealthiest man in town living in squalor?
And why, when she asks him for the promised money, does he put her off and tell her to wait a little while?
