The idea of a single parent sending her only daughter to a prestigious university to better her life and social status is relevant not only in the
1800's but also today! Jennie (Irene Barton) is a widow barely eking out a living mining on a land claim. About 7 years ago, she decided to send her daughter Linda (Karen Sharpe) to a prestigious school back east for an education and improving her social status. Jennie works hard mining her claim. What little she earns, she sends it to pay for tuition and room and board for her daughter. They would correspond with one another using the US Postal Service (snail mail). In the process, Jennie started to tell her daughter that she was a wealthy mine owner because she didn't want her daughter to feel badly that they were poor and that her daughter was 'every bit as good as her friends'. Linda decides to make a surprise visit to her mother. While traveling by stage coach, Linda meets John Flemming (Robert Cunningham) who falls in love of her. In the meantime, Jennie is in dispute over a claim with her neighbor. John is traveling to that town to buy some claims. He is interested in the claim that
Jennie is in dispute with. When Linda meets her mother, she was astonished to see her mother living in such dire condition! Jennie realizes that her daughter is ashamed of her and tells her daughter that while her daughter is there, they won't tell anyone that she's her mother!
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