Pauline "Polly" Whitten ran away from her father, her husband, and his three children in the hopes of finding someone rich to support her in the style to which she wanted to become accustomed. She was still young and pretty, and that's all a woman needed out West to get a good man, she thought.

And here she was, trapped in South Crossing, a "working girl" in a saloon. As soon as she saved up enough money, she was returning East, to her abandoned husband and his three darling children. She'll do anything for money, now.