Anne and Joseph are engaged to be married and are as devoted as any pair of lovers can be, until, one day, a friend informs Joseph that Arthur, the brother of his intended bride, is a bandit. Greatly shocked, Joseph relates what he has heard to his fiancée, and insists upon breaking off the engagement. Anne closely watches her brother's actions and, one day, secretly overhears him with one of his accomplices planning a robbery. At the appointed time the two bandits conceal themselves near the highway, and when a carriage rounds the corner, quickly spring out to halt it. But, to their astonishment, who should step out but Anne, who, tearing the disguise from her brother's face, rebukes him severely. Unable to endure the condemnation, Arthur seeks refuge in the hills, where later, in solitude and remorse, he is discovered by Joseph, to whom he makes a full confession of his crimes, and promises to lead an honest life in the future. Joseph forgives, and arm in arm they return home, where a complete reconciliation takes place, and love lives again.