Pit Pony

In Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1904, Willie and his pony train for the horse pull; Nellie tries to decide whether to marry Ned Hall.

Wedding preparations test the MacLean resolve; Willie is unhappy because Ned now has no time for him.

Willie and schoolmates, Mollie and Angus, are forced to spend the night in an abandoned house reputed to be haunted on a dare from pit boy Spider; there, Willie thinks he sees his father who advices him that things will get better.

Willie learns about power while honoring the victim of a mine flood; Ned and Nellie attend a funeral.

After Mr Frawley unjustly fires Ned to set an example, Rose then wants to take Sarah, Maggie and Willie back to Halifax afterwards; Willie refuses to leave town until Ned breaks off the engagement.

A famous fiddler visits the MacLean household just as Nellie and Ned are leaving for their honeymoon, catching Aunt Rose off-guard.