- Young boxer Jack Ranney agrees to challenge 'Young Kilroy' and knocks him out with his first punch. When he is told that Kilroy is dead, Jack hurriedly heads West and finds a job on a ranch, boasting to all the fellows that he is a killer; unimpressed, they call him a greenhorn. Meanwhile, Jack's sweetheart Mary learns that Kilroy is alive, and she heads West to tell Jack the news, arriving just in time to see him single-handedly save the ranch from a raid by the notorious Lopez Cabrillo and his entire gang.—Pamela Short
- Jack Ranney, a lightweight fighter, is anxious to marry Jill, his sweetheart, so called because since their childhood she and Jack have been inseparable, but both agree that they must wait until his bank account is bigger. They are debating the question as to whether they can afford "the movies," when a messenger from the manager of Jack's athletic club arrives with a note that the manager wants to see him. Jack assures Jill that this means a big fight and starts off, promising to meet her "after the show." The manager and a few of his friends have "framed up" a fight in which a champion fighter is to be knocked out by a newcomer. They will fix it up with the champion to pretend to be knocked out and will divide the money with him. Jack agrees to help their bluff. The fight comes off as had been planned, except that Jack actually did knock his opponent unconscious; the promoters got frightened and told Jack that he had killed the man. The boy was persuaded to accept twenty-five dollars and promised to leave town, writing Jill a note explaining the matter and saying that he'd send for her when the affair had blown over. After many adventures. Jack lands at a little town in Texas where he gets a job loading freight on trains. He mixes with the cowboys of the big Yardley ranch and boasts to such an extent about his own deadliness that they decide to have some fun with him and give him a real scare. They arrange with some friendly Mexicans and tell them what they want to do. In the meantime the leader of a real band of Mexican bandits from across the border overhears the plan and decides to take advantage of it to attack the town. Jill has found out the truth about the fight and writes Jack, adding that she will arrive almost as soon as her letter. Jack wants to stop her before she reaches the Yardley ranch, for he has been "four-flushing" after his usual fashion and has led Jill to believe that he is at least half owner of the enormous property. He starts to meet her at the station and the friendly Mexicans, thinking this the signal for their faked attack, line him up against a wall and tell him they are going to "shoot up" the town, beginning with himself. He refuses to be frightened and proves that his boasted courage is not at all imaginary. Just as the fun is at its height, the real Mexicans ride in and at first the others think them "in on" the game. A real fight ensues, during the course of which Jack is neglected. The friendly Mexicans, seeing their countrymen are in earnest, run over to their side, trying to save themselves. Seeing that something has gone wrong, Jack falls on his face, pretending to be shot. He manages to crawl to an automobile which is standing nearby. He warns the men at the Yardley ranch and saves the day. As a reward, and an assurance that there is no ill feeling, he and Jill are given a house of their own on the ranch and Jack a permanent position.
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