- A mother is convinced her son is a ranch owner when in fact he is an outlaw, and she just saves him from hanging.
- Down and out and hungry, Cheyenne Harry (Carey), breaks into the home of Grant Young (Rattenberry) and his daughter Molly (Malone), she recognizes him as the man who held up the train she was traveling on but then allowed her to keep a brooch, a gift from her mother. Grant decides to give him a chance to make good by becoming an employee on the ranch. Harry enters a horse race contest to get enough money to visit his mother, however, road agent Ben Kent, an old friend of Harry, cuts his stirrups. Grant forces Harry to assist in holding up a stage coach, and after Kent kills the driver of the coach, both he and Harry are arrested. A message announcing the pending arrival of Harry's mother (Townsend) results in the postponement of Harry's hanging for a couple of weeks, and Harry is allowed by the sheriff (Steele) to make use of Grant's ranch and daughter to deceive Harry's mother, as Harry had stated in his letters to her that he was an honorable man. After his mother's departure, a telegram arrives that exonerates Harry, and he hurries to see Molly.—Pamela Short
- Cheyenne Harry is hiding from the posse who are seeking him for his latest train robbery. It is raining and he is reading a letter from his mother, congratulating him on the possession of his fine ranch and pretty wife. The contrast is a bitter one, for Harry has deceived his mother for years. Hunger drives him out, and he enters the home of Grant Young, a ranch owner. Young holds him up and is about to telephone the sheriff, when his daughter stops him. She recognizes the man who held her up on the train, and allowed her to keep the brooch from her dead mother. She asks her father to give him a chance. Young agrees. He furnishes Cheyenne with money to enter the rodeo in order to win enough for a visit to his mother. Cheyenne is seen by Ben Kent, a bad character, who determines to get him, and so cuts the cinch on his saddle nearly through, so Cheyenne is thrown from his horse. "Ready to talk business?" Ben says, as soon as he comes to him. "Guess I've got to be," answers Cheyenne. They pursue the stage. Ben fires at the messenger, who falls dead. Harry protests. The sheriff and posse take Harry and Ben into custody. Both are condemned to death. As they are on the gallows a telegram arrives from Cheyenne's mother, saying that she is worried by his silence and is coming to look for him. The cowboys allow him two weeks grace. Young believes in Cheyenne's innocence, and offers Harry his ranch and daughter for the time of his mother's visit so that she shall not be disappointed. Cheyenne's mother has a wonderful time. When her visit is over, Cheyenne gives himself up. As he is about to be hanged, a passenger in the coach at the time of the shooting tells the sheriff it was Kent who shot the messenger. Harry is allowed to go, and it is not long before Cheyenne is returning hopefully to the ranch where Molly is waiting.
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