Nan is one of those unfortunate young women who have got into that groove where things look hopeless Nan is employed at the saloon in an old-time mining camp, and had gradually become accustomed to being the accomplice of a gambler and adventurer, Kid Renaud. Things are very slow, and when news comes of the prosperous promise of the new camp at Bonanza, the Kid decides to go, and persuades the none-too-willing Nan to join him, with the idea of making some adventurous clean-up. In order to fit their ends, the two arrange to be strangers in the new camp. The Kid arrives on horseback and is made the butt of the jokes of the miners, giving him the desire to get even with his tormentors. Nan is delayed somewhat on the way and is seen by Sandy, a miner, who spurs ahead and tells the boys that there is a woman coming. They’ all spruce up and await her arrival. She comes and the men see a bashful, pretty woman and are abashed; all but Gentleman George, who, doffing his hat, helps her down and gets her a chair. “Where can I get a room?” The question is a facer; but George acts decisively, and taking some of the boys to his shack hard by, he sets them to work removing the debris from the outside and furnishing up the inside. Several miners add bits of furniture and very soon George escorts Nan to her new quarters, where they leave her, her mind in an upheaval, for this gallantry and kindness are new to her. The Kid has watched it all with contempt and amusement. Time goes on and George’s attention to Nan and his unvarying thought and kindness raise the new woman in her, and the hold of the Kid loses its grip. Nan endears herself to the miners by singing to them in the evenings, and they make her presents of gold dust, which is promptly appropriated by the Kid on his secret calls. One day the miners deposit their dust in a chest in Montana’s cabin, where George also occupies a blanket and concocts dishes out of tins and things. The Kid watches them and he decides that the time for a clean-up has arrived. The men see him and mistrusting him, take the chest over to Nan’s, and despite her appeals, they insist upon leaving it there. At night the Kid brings two horses and surprises Nan, who has just left George wondering disconsolately why she will not marry him. The Kid demands the key, and Nan, now resolved to turn the leaf for good, refuses. He prepares to break the chest open, when Nan runs to the window and fires three times. George hears the shots and runs to the door. The Kid tells her he will kill anyone coming in, and she, in terror, tells George through the door she is all right. He goes to the window, sees what is happening, and smashing the glass, covers the Kid. Nan intercedes for the Kid and he is run out of the camp. She tells George of her past life, and he shows her a haven of refuge and forgetfulness by opening his arms to her.