 Blacksmith John Wellington (William Farnum) flees from Virginia when he kills two men in a quarrel, leaving behind his young son, John, Jr.(Barry Downing as a boy, Johnny Mack Brown as a man), who is reared by Sir George Thorne (Lloyd Ingraham), the town s richest citizen, as it was in Thorne s defense that Wellington became involved. The adult Johnny goes to New Mexico looking for Thorne s daughter who married a man named Winters (Frank Ball) against her father s will. The daughter has died and Winters, now known as Gentry, occupies a ranch with their daughter Gale (Beth Marion.) Johnny s father, now using the name of Rand, is head of an outlaw gang, but friendly to the Gentrys. Johnny eventually discovers that Gale is Thorne s grand-daughter, and Rand comes to realize that Johnny is the son he was forced to abandon years ago. Trent (Earl Dwire) and his gang of outlaws surround the cabin where Johnny, his father and Gale have taken refuge.