Country girl Annabel Lee has big dreams of being a famous artist Her widowed mother encourages her to go to the city so she can study Annabel works hard but she sells only one painting She discovers that a renowned artist is spending the summer at a nearby resort so she sends him her best work for a critique A friend recommends that she see him in person so Annabel pawns a piece of jewelry and heads for the resort The artist informs her that she doesnt have enough talent to achieve much