Torrie gives birth to a baby girl, whom Niles adores, but Holland (Niles), who is fascinated with the recent kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, steals the infant. A posse is formed to find the child, while Ada, suspecting the worst, searches for Niles. The baby is discovered drowned in a wine cask, and an alcoholic immigrant farmhand is accused of the murder. Ada finds Niles alone in the apple cellar, demanding that "Holland" tell him where the baby is. Realizing what has happened, Ada pours kerosene into the cellar and throws herself into it with a kerosene lamp, causing an inferno that burns the barn down.