The parson of Pine Mountain is a sturdy mountain preacher. Somewhat out of place in the rude and primitive surroundings of the mountain is Lizzie, the gentle daughter of Old Marvin, a hardened mountaineer. For Lizzie the parson entertains a deep and tender feeling and he hopes one day to make her his wife, Lizzie knows this full well and takes a delight in teasing him. It is Steve Boscombe whom she loves and Steve is infatuated with Lizzie. He and Old Marin are interested in a secret whiskey still. One night revenue men come to Pine Mountain and raid the whiskey still and in the battle which ensues one of the moonshiners is wounded. He manages to escape and hides in the woods. There the parson and Marvine administer to him. Lizzie is left in Marvin’s cabin alone. Steve, who that day has been drinking heavily, notes Marvin’s absence and the evil side of his nature getting the better of him, he swaggers up to the cabin and bursts in. While working over the wounded man the parson asks Marvin for the hand of his daughter. Marvin consents, and, he and the parson stroll to the former’s cabin. In the light of the glittering candle, Lizzie is sitting at the table with head bent upon her arms. When the men grasp the truth, Marvin takes his old rifle from its place over the hearth, but the parson wrenches the weapon from his grasp. Then he turns to Lizzie. “Lizzie,” he says, “do you love Steve Boscombe?” Lizzie speaks not a word, and the parson knows she cannot deny. His face set, he leaves the cabin. He catches Steve down the trail. Having awakened to the seriousness of his actions, he was running away. The parson stops Steve’s horses and leads him back to the cabin. “Lizzie and Steve are aiming to get married, Marvin,” said the parson, “and so Steve came and got me to perform the ceremony.” Lizzie and Steve are married, and the parson goes out of their lives forever.