Hildegard was an orphan who was raised by distant relatives. On her twentieth birthday, her uncle announces that he has found her a "proper husband". Hildegard is shocked to learn that the man was known as the town jack ass, in and out of trouble with the law. She flees the Amish community but several months later a chance encounter with her arranged husband has her believing that she may have made a mistake. He is polite, handsome and respectful. Will she give him a chance?