Hi Morton, a reformed crook, brings his wife, Susan, and his daughter to a southwestern town to build a new church. A mysterious Stranger also arrives, and after rescuing Susan from the attentions of Dandy Dan McGee he tells her that he covets her himself. But she appeals to his better nature so effectively that when Hi holds up a stage to get money for his church The Stranger rescues Hi from a lynching, takes the blame himself, then rides off.