Soapweed Scotty is a cowboy employed by Pete Bronson, the ranch foreman. Scotty loves Alice West, the sheriff's sister, and so does Pete. Scotty is made to appear an outlaw through the plotting of Bronson, and Sheriff West leads the posse to capture him. Alice rides forth to warn him of his danger because he once saved her younger brother. Pete is detailed by the sheriff to cut off Scotty's retreat. In the exchange of shots Bronson is accidentally struck by a bullet from the posse's guns. Alice finds the dying man, who confesses to her that he had planned Scotty's downfall. Thus it is that the girl, who loves Scotty, is instrumental in proving his innocence.