The sheriff is instructed by the mayor to make every effort to capture the bandit that has been at work in the vicinity. But when the sheriff goes on the hunt, his gun and those belonging to his men are secretly removed by the bandit. Dolly, the mayor's daughter, and her friend, Eloise, go for a horseback ride. Far from the town they sight a band of Indians that have broken from the reservation. When the Indians give chase the girls seek refuge in an old shack, the habitat of Joe, the bandit. Slipping the guns he has stolen into the girls' hands, he aids them in fighting off the redmen. Word is received by the mayor of the Indian uprising and of his daughter's danger. When the white men, led by the sheriff, arrive the Indians have succeeded in breaking in the shack, firing it and wounding Joe. They are on the point of making off with the girls. In the fight that follows the Indians are beaten back, the sheriff brings Joe from the flaming shack and later tells him that after all he was glad Joe stole the guns.
—Moving Picture World synopsis