Nan Walsh, keeper of a restaurant in a small mining town, is engaged to marry Bob Davis, a young prospector. True to her expectations, Bob makes good and uncovers a vein of rich pay ore. He hastens to tell Nan. She accompanies him back to the scene of his operations. Arriving there they find that the claim has been jumped in their absence and the Law, in person of a constable, is protecting the rights of the claim jumper. Despondent over this incident, Bob hits upon a plan to at least reap part of the fruit of his labors. Not wishing to hurt anyone in the operation, he extracts the bullets from the cartridges in his revolver and sallies forth to hold up the wagon upon which the claim-jumper is sending a load of ore for shipment to the railroad. Unfortunately for Bob, Jim Haswell, sheriff of the county, is riding in the vicinity. Drawing his revolver he tries to take the would-be robber, but fails. He then gathers a posse and sets out to capture Bob. Bob seeks refuge in Nan's restaurant. When all ruses fail to convince the sheriff that Bob is not there, she recalls to him an affair in which she was instrumental in saving his life. Confronted with this page from the past, the sheriff rides away with his posse. Thus, Nan saves her lover from capture and together they watch the former pursuers fade away into the distance.
