 After the stagecoach Kitty is riding in is wrecked in the middle of nowhere, she wanders the desert in a vain search for help. On her last legs, she finds a cabin inhabited by two scary adults and by a mute girl who the adults keep in a cage and exhibit as a wild animal. Kitty is also forced to work as a house servant by the couple. She forms a bond with the girl and tries to convince her to help them both escape, and to give the girl some semblance of a normal life.