Rita’s parents leave her seated comfortably on the porch, but before they have been gone long, Juan, a Mexica, joins her. He offers demonstrations of his affection, to which Rita objects. When he becomes too persistent she slaps him. This, from Rita, he might have pardoned, had not Dick, her sweetheart, at this moment arrived and added the final indignity of a kick. Juan feels he is justified in thirsting for revenge and leaves the two lovers. He goes then to a shack where are some of his associates. To these friends he tells the tale and engages their services to help him punish Dick. Meanwhile Rita and her sweetheart start for a stroll through the palms and it is here the Mexican and his companions see them. They hide and when the two unconscious lovers come near they grab Dick. The strong effort he makes for freedom is useless; he is soon overpowered and dragged away. The Mexican lingers behind long enough to triumph over Rita and then follows his captive. For a moment her brain refuses to act, but she soon braces up and goes in search of help. She rushes to their stable and hurries the half-breed to Dick’s assistance. She shows the trail to her companion and together they follow it. When Juan reaches the shack, he, with his friends, make merry and enjoy Dick’s fruitless endeavors to loosen his bonds. The Mexican seats himself before the door as a guard, and at Rita’s instruction (for she has located the shack) the half-breed stuns him and then dashes off with Juan’s horses. Rita loses no time in freeing Dick, but Juan, who soon recovered from the blow, has warned the other Mexicans that they have been found and they all enter the shack. Any further trouble they might cause is avoided by the timely arrival of Rita’s father, whom the half-breed brings to the cabin.