Mr. Fortune, an industrious old landowner with his eye toward the development of his country town, spends all of his time with his favorite granddaughter, Mary Fortune. She is his spitting image in appearance and spirit, completely unlike his despised son-in-law - until a major disagreement brings them to blows.

Almost a hundred years ago, people built a road at the cost of destroying a local lake. A young boy sets out deliver vengeance and justice for the wronged party, but in doing so, finds himself dealing with a problem he couldn't have imagined: the war between the roads and the water.