Two young people come to town, Howard's nineteen year old daughter, Ducky and Storm Linders, a med student, unknowingly conspire to set tongues wagging and turn the town upside down.

Dr. Katie Leggett urges Gabriel to get his M.D. but the degree is financially way out of his reach. Katie wants to help Gabe, but her three grown children have claims on her. When she becomes ill, her sons rush home all worried and more than a little jealous of their mother's interest in the tall blond stranger.