When blind neighbor Granny Becky returns from a visit to a city doctor, for which Daniel has paid, the Matthewses attend the unveiling of her bandages. Daniel's gentle nature has already inspired many of the mountain folk to stop drinking and pursue a better way of life. Daniel feels at home there, and Sammy, whose love Young Matt resists to protect her from his tainted family, convinces Young Matt to befriend Daniel, whom Young Matt has threatened to kill. Against Young Matt's wishes, Daniel purchases "Moaning Meadows," which is reportedly haunted by Sarah's ghost. Young Matt is embittered by years of having the superstitious community blame his family and the ghost of his mother for all their ills, and has sworn vengeance against his father, whose abandonment years earlier hastened his mother's death. Young Matt's uncle, Old Matt, and aunt, Mollie Matthews, have experienced nothing but misery since the death of Mollie's sister Sarah, Young Matt's mother. Sammy, who is in love with Young Matt Matthews, suggests Daniel buy land from the Matthews family. Sammy soon grows fond of the good-natured stranger, who later saves a local child from choking, and expresses his desire to purchase land in the hill community. Lane successfully hides his wound from the marshals and is saved only when an apparent stranger, Daniel Howitt, appears at his house and helps Lane's daughter Sammy remove the bullets. In the Ozark Mountains, Jim Lane is shot by marshals while guarding the moonshine distillery run by the Matthews family.
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