Sir George Waterbury, accompanied by his wife and foster brother, Robert, is on a shooting expedition in a wild part of Australia. The two men, although occupying different stations in life, are deeply attached to each other. Inadvertently, mistaking the victim for a tiger, they shoot a native, and as they both fired at the same instant, it cannot be told which was the one actually responsible for the fatal shot. The native’s father, according to the savage doctrine “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” demands the death of the slayer. Robert would gladly yield himself up, but the nobleman will not assent to this. They resolve to decide the issue by cutting the cards. By a trick the heroic Robert cuts the low card, and goes cheerfully to his doom. But his act of self-sacrifice is discovered, and by the prompt action of Sir George, death is averted and the matter settled in a more amicable way.