John Carlton is accused of the murder of George Skinner, a baker. Sheriff Davis testifies that he encountered Carlton and Skinner in a furious religious argument. Circumstantial evidence convicts Carlton. Bert Sampson, a cobbler, and manufacturer of counterfeit money, tried to pass a fake bill on Skinner. Sampson kills him. Anita, daughter of John Carlton, consults a palmist and is informed that she will meet a man that will steal her heart away. Ralph Peters, a traveling salesman, calls on Sampson to collect a bill past due. He is paid with counterfeit money, Peters informs the sheriff, who arrests the cobbler. Carlton is exonerated. Peters is rewarded by the acceptance of a proposal of marriage to Anita.