Banished from town by a sheriff who holds a personal grudge, Larry Moore strikes out for the desert followed by his sweetheart, Maria de la Ruiz. Overtaken by a storm, Maria is rescued by C. Lambert Grey, who convinces her that Larry has perished and persuades her to accompany him to New York. Meanwhile, Larry, nursed back to health by an old couple who found him unconscious, learns that Grey plans to claim both his mine and Maria. Traveling to New York, Larry arrives just in time to prove that Moore's deed is a forgery and to interrupt Maria's wedding to the forger. After obtaining Grey's confession, Larry steps in as the groom and the ceremony is completed.