Bob loves Mab, and his love is returned, but as usual, the course of true love fails to run smooth. Bob and two of his cowboy friends go on a fishing and hunting trip in the Platte River bottoms. On their way they stop at the Post Office. An eastern lady out horseback riding stops to ask Bob for directions. Mab sees Bob apparently paying marked attentions to the lady. Her jealousy is aroused. Bob follows her home, explains, and the cloud blows over. Bob pops the question. Mab accepts and the ring is given. The eastern lady’s horse runs away with her. Bob makes a heroic rescue and Mab for the second time in one day finding cause for jealousy, returns Bob’s ring and goes away in anger. Bob’s companions come upon a bear, and as Steve’s gun fails to work, the boys return to camp and find Bob in a good humor to vent his anger on a bear or anything else that will prove an outlet for his feelings. After finding and shooting the bear, Bob hits on a happy scheme to square matters with Mab, and it is this plan that gives our picture story its name, “A Cowboy’s Stratagem.” It’s a “corker” and for genuine merit and scenic environment will he found a true Selig, consequently in a class by itself.