A Hart for Two

A woman running from her powerful, racketeering, ex-husband promises to find her abused son a good father. When their train to Los Angeles stops at Alpine, Texas they witness a cowboy save a policeman from four attackers. The boy insists he wants the cowboy for a father. And a promise is a promise. Trying to get to the cowboy's isolated ranch they cross an innocent-looking stream. But it is spring runoff. The strong current washes the woman and boy downstream. The cowboy's lariat pulls the unconscious pair to safety. He takes them in and brings them back to health, but he wants the beautiful woman and her ten-year-old to leave. He has a past more terrible than theirs.