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Beth, a mountain maid, tastes of the fruits of the valley, and like Eve of old, promised he of the valley she would return. A month later her longing and desires become so great for another nibble of the forbidden fruit of clandestine meetings, that she, in her mountain home, makes her loving mother believe she is seriously ill and thereby secures permission to return to the valley, leaving the snow and the big, rough ones behind. The horse that was to carry her became sick and the mountain man (the big man), who loved quietly but no less fervently, determined to carry Beth through the drifts of the Rockies to the flowers of the
Beth, a mountain maid, tastes of the fruits of the valley, and like Eve of old, promised he of the valley she would return. A month later her longing and desires become so great for another nibble of the forbidden fruit of clandestine meetings, that she, in her mountain home, makes her loving mother believe she is seriously ill and thereby secures permission to return to the valley, leaving the snow and the big, rough ones behind. The horse that was to carry her became sick and the mountain man (the big man), who loved quietly but no less fervently, determined to carry Beth through the drifts of the Rockies to the flowers of the valley, there leaving her with an uncle, who was a hospital surgeon. The mountain man returned to his home, leaving a friend to watch over the girl he loved. The valley man, learning of her arrival, dropped his other escapades, and bent on one purpose of securing Beth for his own, little reckoning with God, who watches over those who are of the storm and heights. The mountain man's instinct leads him straight and true and saves his God-given mate ere she enters the gate from whence there is no returning, and on the mesa the mountain and the valley met, and there a truth was told and an act was done that prohibited the flowers from overcoming the snow ever more.
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