The Storekeeper
by J. M. Davis
Tom Carland, a young man from back east, has a lot to learn about women. Soon after arriving in a small one-street western town, Tom meets Harriet and her three-year-old daughter, Katie. Tom offers to help, but the widow does not want his pity. Dirk Thurman, a local ranch foreman, makes it known he will not tolerate any competition for the widow's attention.