It seems a pity that some people are allowed the care of children. Broncho Billy hears a child scream and rushes on the scene in time to prevent Jim Haley, a big brute of a man, from beating his little daughter, Josie, with a horse whip. Later, Haley and Pedro, a half-breed, are caught rustling cattle and are given the customary treatment, but not before Haley writes a note to Josie, stating that the boys will take care of her. The boys send Josie east to school and ten years later, when she returns a young lady, they all fall in love with her. Broncho Billy tells Josie how much be cares for her, but she tells him she loves him only as a daughter would love her father, and that her heart is given to Jack Patton. Broncho Billy is heartbroken. Patton, who has led a rather wild life, promises Broncho Billy he will reform to make himself worthy of Josie.