The Riverbed

The Riverbed traces the story of a despondent drifter who stumbles across a farmhouse inhabited by a wealthy widow and her disabled daughter Exchanging board for labour he stays at the house Eventually he consents to the mothers wish that he marry the girl with his eye on financial gain He takes the girl to the city where the couple struggles against hardship As the man reverts to petty theft her health deteriorates and he is forced to take her back to the nowabandoned farmhouse MIFF