When Texas Ranger Jack Elder stormed the isolated Kansas homestead, he expected to find a band of outlaws. Instead, the only occupant is a heavily pregnant widow who has just gone into labor. A loner uneasy with emotion, Jack helps deliver Elizabeth Cole's baby girl. He can't get back on the trail fast enough - the robber and murderer he's after killed one of Jack's own. But then he returns to check on Elizabeth and her little one...