Juliet York waits for the proposal Leon Reed has promised her for years, but it never comes. Instead, he asks to postpone their wedding so he can marry Queenie Smith as his secondary wife first. Heartbroken and disillusioned, Juliet gives up on him and agrees to a political marriage with Emmett Dunn before leaving for the frontier. By the time Leon realizes the gravity of his mistake, Juliet and Emmett have fallen in love and are preparing to marry.
