Synopsis

With Maria Hale’s passing, her daughter Margaret resolved to reach out to her brother Frederick—a man forced into exile years before by a grievous misjudgment of the courts. Simultaneously, the mill workers in Milton initiated a strike. To ensure his orders were fulfilled promptly, Thornton engaged laborers from Ireland. News of this reached the strikers, who, seeking to intimidate Thornton, inflicted harm upon Margaret. Deeply moved by her selfless assistance in protecting him from their aggres