A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very bad case of depression due to a war wound concerning his genitalia. He contemplates suicide, but recovers after becoming interested in his caretaker's 12 year-old war orphan niece, who now lives in the manor.

Гражданската война в САЩ приключи, но не и за безпощадния офицер на Конфедерацията Йонас, който иска да реорганизира войските на юг - с помощта на откраднати пари.