- Cashiered out of the army by what he believes was an unjust court-martial, the man known as The Weakling wanders aimlessly in the desert and is found by cowboys from the Lazy Y Ranch. They clean him up and give him a job on the ranch as a cowboy. He soon finds love with a local dance-hall girl, and discovers that his luck may be changing in more ways than one.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- His spirit demoralized by an unjust court martial, the Weakling aimlessly wanders the desert until he is found by members of the Lazy Y ranch and given a position as cowpuncher. Falling in love with the dance hall girl known as the Fury, the Weakling finds his spirit restored and challenges saloon owner China-Mex at the rodeo, winning the bronco riding contest. After confiding to the Fury that he has been unjustly accused of a traitorous deed, he returns to the fort, where he learns that he has been acquitted of all charges and reinstated into the army.—Pamela Short
- John Smith, overcome by the heat, is found by two range riders of the C-O ranch. He returns with the cowpunchers to the ranch house, where he secures work to ride herd. Here he earns the name of "The Strange Weakling," because of his cringing at the cowpuncher's abuse and blows. On pay day the boys from the C-O ranch visit Sleeping Dog and Smith meets "The Fury," queen of the dance hall. He falls in love with her. At the Fourth of July celebration, at Sleeping Dog, the cowpunchers fail to ride the outlaw horses, so China-Mex, owner of the Iron Front saloon, vaults into the corral to prove his mastery only to find the "Strange Weakling" another challenger. Chine-Mex comes out second best and gives Smith a good beating. "The Strange Weakling" returns to the Iron Front that night and after hurling the dancehall owner down the stairs, flees with the Fury into Mexico. Here, as Smith is telling her of his disgrace and loss of commission in the U.S. Army, when certain important papers disappeared from his post, a squad of cavalry- men ride up and tell him the papers have been recovered, his name cleared and his commission restored.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- They found him lying, overcome by the heat, at the side of a water hole on the Texas-Mexican border, while Sam and Petey were riding the range in search of strayed calves and mavericks. After administering first aid, the punchers took him back to the ranch of Big Jim Newton, the squarest man in all Texas. He said his name was "John Smith," and that he could ride, which he could, although he handled a horse more like a cavalryman than a cowpuncher. Then came a trip from the C-O ranch to the little tough town of Sleeping Dog on the banks of the Rio Grande. It was payday, and the boys must celebrate. They made the "strange weakling" accompany them. There he met the "fury," so-called for the wild radiance of her beauty. The boys wondered at the strange attraction the man had for the queen of the dancehall for they did not know that in his sodden eyes she read a life tragedy akin to his own. But the miracle was wrought. Under the sympathy of the "fury's" gaze the "strange weakling" threw off the mask of inertia and became as if his soul was reborn. At the Fourth of July celebration, when the punchers had failed to ride the outlaw horses, and China Mex, champion of the southwest, owner of the Iron Front saloon and dance hall where "fury" worked, all-round bad man who could not keep his eyes off the "fury's" face, vaulted into the corral to prove his mastery, he was faced by another challenger, none other than the "strange weakling." China Mex came out second best. Then he beat up the "strange weakling" before the entire crowd. But "John Smith" returned that night to the Iron Front, and cheered on by the "fury's" sudden love, shipped China Mex, hurled the breed down the stairs, and fled with the "fury" to old Mexico. There he bared his past to her, telling of his disgrace and loss of his commission, when certain important papers had disappeared from the fort. But, as he laid his heart bare to the "one woman," over the hills came a squad of cavalry men, and he found out that the papers had been recovered, his name cleared, and his commission restored. Then opened a new life for the "strange weakling" and the "fury."
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