Orphan Chloe West suffers cruelty in her uncle's doghouse—until teacher Frank Lewis, heartbroken by her plight, drains his savings to rescue her. Then fortune smiles: Frank's rehired, his son’s leg mends miraculously, his daughter-in-law conceives. But when word spreads Chloe's dad died saving a tycoon, leaving a fortune Frank oversees, her once-spiteful kin descend, clawing for "custody." Chaos ignites.