TV Guide RetroPlex

Willie works in the pit to help his family after the death of his brother and father and attends the annual miners' picnic hoping to race his horse.

Nellie's Aunt Rose gets angry with Ned when she finds out that her niece lied to her about his occupation.

Spider, Willie, Mollie and Angus spend the night in a haunted house on a dare and Ned worries about the safety of a mine section but won't complain.

Ned demands that the mine be shut down for repairs; Aunt Rose urges Nellie not to marry Ned; schoolmates face off against the pit boys in a baseball game.

Mr. Frawley fires Ned to make a public example of him, but Willie pleads with the boss to get Ned's old job back.

Nellie and Ned depart for their much-anticipated honeymoon; Aunt Rose has run-in with a renowned fiddler.

Willie discovers a mysterious ship and Mr. Frawley's son becomes Ned's partner.

Willie suspects that his missing horse has been stolen and sneaks into the coal mine, disguised as a "pit boy," to look for him.

Willie finds his missing horse in the mine and wants to find out who stole it, but Ned is more concerned with finding explosives recently taken from the mine.

Glace Bay adjusts to the installation of a public telephone in the train station lobby, and Willie is inspired to write a letter to Alexander Graham Bell.

A government agent tries to keep the peace between white settlers and Indians while outlaws plant seeds of doubt and discord in order to gain their land.

A traveling cowboy interferes with a saloon owner who is trying to force a family to sell their ranch to him because he knows a secret about it.