Ned Fields and Helen Andrews are sweethearts, when Bob Murray, the new foreman, arrives. Helen is immediately infatuated with this handsome cattleman, and leaves Ned much chagrined. A Mexican workman observes this and gives Ned the laugh. Ned knocks him down and Pedro, the Mexican, swears vengeance. Helen and Bob, the new foreman, later get married. Pedro, in the meantime, sees an opportunity to square his account with Ned. He steals Ned’s chaps from the bunk house, and disguised by a handkerchief and Ned’s hat, sneaks into Andrew’s home and steals the money which Bob bad procured to pay off the men. Old man Andrews catches him in the act. A struggle ensues and Andrews is mortally wounded. Ned, returning from searching for some absolute suspect, goes to the door of the home and hears Helen tell Bob and the doctor that she saw Ned disappear through the door as she entered the room. Knowing that no pity will be shown him by the cowmen when they learn of this, he determines to cross the border until he can clear his name and prove his innocence. He does so, and there meets a Mexican Senorita and falls in love with her. Chapo is caught being cruel to an animal and discharged from the Andrews’ ranch. He also goes to Mexico and is hired by Juanita, later meeting with Ned. He attempts to bribe Ned by showing him a clipping from a home paper. Pedro, being unable to blackmail Ned, he takes the clipping to the girl, Juanita. Ned calls on Juanita that evening and learns of the act, and determines to settle with Pedro. They have a struggle, a revolver is discharged, and Pedro is seriously wounded. The sheriff, in the meantime, who has secured evidence of Pedro’s guilt through the confession of his (Pedro’s) squaw, appears upon the scene in time to arrest the guilty one and send the sweethearts into each others’ arms.