If This Be Forgetting

On The Eve Of Her Wedding To Clay Carpenter Maryann Poole'S World Collapses When She Is Told That Boy You'Re Fixin' T'Marry Could Be Your Half-Brother. Fearing She Might Be Pregnant She Leaves Her Parents' Mansion To Seek Anonymity In Sacramento'S Harsh Riverfront District. She Obtains Work In A Dismal Mercantile On Front Street. The Year Is 1901 When Women Living Alone Are Looked Upon With Suspicion.