Burt Hawkins, an eastern cattle buyer in New Mexico, closes a deal with Sam French, a western stock grazer and is introduced by French to his daughter, Edith, who is talking with Buck, French’s foreman. It is a case of love-at-first-sight between Edith and Burt. Buck becomes jealous: indicates his dislike for Burt and quarrels with Edith leaving in an angry mood. Developments are rapid in the case. Burt tells the girl he loves her. Felipe, a sheep herder and Buck’s pal, overhears an agreement between the lovers to meet. Felipe informs Buck and they decide to get square with Burt. While waiting at the meeting place. Burt is overpowered and bound; Edith arrives soon after, picking up a glove which she identifies as Burt’s and which he has dropped in the struggle, also a spur belonging to Buck. She follows the foot prints and reaches the abandoned adobe shack where Felipe and Buck have imprisoned Burt. Securing a lariat, Edith ropes Felipe, who gives a frightened yell which attracts Buck’s attention: Buck comes from the shack and as he opens the door Edith attempts to shoot him, but is overpowered and made prisoner with Burt. With Edith at his mercy, Buck tells her if she does not consent to marry him he will fix Burt. Buck instructs Felipe to take Burt to the old barn near by; place him inside and fire the barn. With Burt a sure prisoner, Edith persists in her refusal to wed Buck until she sees the barn burning and then consents to marry Buck. But she snatches Buck’s revolver, forces him into the shack and goes to assist Burt. Bock is released by Felipe: they swear vengeance and with the assistance of sheep herders start in pursuit of Edith and Burt who have by this time traveled a considerable distance over a rough road, being given a passage in a rough stage coach. A running fight follows. Arriving at a precipice, with no outlet for escape, Edith takes a desperate chance: ties a lariat to a rock and throws the end over the cliff. She descends, followed by Burt. Buck and his men reach the precipice and Buck attempts the same route of descent. The end of the lariat is lighted, flames quickly consume the rope. Buck discovers too late that the rope is quickly burning and despite of frantic efforts to gain the top of the precipice he is dashed to the depth of the canyon. The sheriff arrives and arrests the herders.