孤儿海蒂（Shirley Temple 秀兰•邓波 饰）和黛特阿姨（Mady Christians 饰）生活在一起，然而黛特不愿继续在照顾外甥女，于是千里迢迢将海蒂送到偏远的善终——海蒂爷爷（Jean Hersholt 饰）的隐居之处。因失去儿子而沉浸悲伤之中爷爷阿道夫 起初无视这个从未见过面的孙女，但随着时间推移，祖孙俩的感情日益加深。

Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.