Dr. Jim Hilton gets involved with Dave Farley, the reckless son of Sheriff Farley, in a gun fight with Steve Boyle. Steve is shot, and Dr. Jim helps Dave get away with him to the hills. There is much conjecture in the town as to which man shot Boyle. Mary, the sheriff's daughter, helps Dr. Jim, with whom she is in love, to leave the vicinity. Later, her father, following the supposed murderer into the wilderness, uses Mary as a bait to catch Dr. Jim by spreading the report that she is very ill at his camp. The girl worries so for the young doctor's safety that she actually develops a high fever, and her father, frightened for her safety goes out in earnest to hunt a physician. When he returns he finds Dr. Jim caring for Mary. Under the circumstances the sheriff shields the doctor from the vigilance committee. The next day he goes with him to his camp where they find Dave caring for Boyle who is far from being a dead man.
—Moving Picture World synopsis