Dick Graham’s father runs the general store in a small western cattle town. Betty, his sister, assists her father in the store; at the same time attending to the housework and in a motherly sort of way, looking after Dick. The store nets the family a fairly good income and old Graham, blindly proud of his son, gives the boy a good allowance and his leisure time with the result that Dick falls into evil ways. His games finally break him and in deep debt he finds it necessary to appeal to his father and confess all or to, in some way, raise the money by going to work. Neither appeals to him, and when the devil, in the person of one Pedro Verez, a Mexican, comes to him with an easy opportunity to re-establish himself without either work or a confession. Dick agrees to join him in the enterprise. Verez knows of a fine string of horses which should net the two a good, round sum, and which might be appropriated with little danger. Yet they have not counted on the alertness of the owner, who comes upon them and succeeds in capturing Pedro, although Dick gets away. The Mexican is turned over to the sheriff and a warrant is sworn out for the arrest of Dick Graham. It is timely to say here that Betty has for some time entertained a young deputy, Dan Morris by name, and it is Morris who regretfully receives the warrant and is told to serve it. Duty bound, he mounts his horse and rides to the Graham store, but just too late, as Dick has confessed to his sister and has begged her to save him. The girl thinks fast and finally, in desperation, dons a suit of her brother’s clothes, and while the father has detained the young deputy in the store, has slipped out and mounted to the saddle. Morris, in the meantime, has informed the store-keeper that he will have young Graham if he must demolish the locked door between the store and the living quarters. Just then Betty, in her brother’s clothes, rides by the store and is seen by Morris. He of course thinks she is Dick, and after a scuffle with the old man, dashes out of the place, into his saddle and is soon in hot pursuit. Dick joyously listens to the retreating hoofs, then after writing a note of good-bye to his father and sister, in which he makes promises to mend his ways, slips from the house, mounts and rides in the opposite direction. Morris follows the supposed Dick and after an exhaustive chase on foot, the girl drops, faint from sheer fatigue. It is then that Morris discovers the identity of the rider. In his heart he is deeply grateful and as he carries her tenderly back to her horse, he thanks Heaven that Dick has got away. At the store attain, the girl accepts Morris upon his proposal, while the latter wins also the consent of old Graham.