Sold by her father to an unknown man, Ruby heads west to the unknown. There she finds nothing but pain and misery, yet even in the gloom there is one shining light. Ruby Cloisters' father is a man in debt. A man being beaten by men wanting their money. In desperation he agrees to sell one of his three daughters to a cowboy out west. The money will pay off their debts. Ruby, being the eldest, says that she will go to protect her younger sisters. When...