falsespring Her land is worth something (what that is can be worked out), and the two families (Baxter and Gaines) are eager to get their hands on it. The son from each family who are attempting to court her, after a year of morning, to accomplish that. The one true friend that continues to stand by her. A foreman, and or a hired hand who help her run the ranch (after most of the work hands were mysteriously run off or hired away.