Broncho Billy, an express messenger, saved the life of Geraldine Burke, a school teacher. They learned to love each other and later married. One day, the village gossip informed some of the cowpunchers about town that Geraldine was entertaining a gentleman in her home. Broncho Billy was soon given the news and determined to settle with the critter immediately, but on second thought decided that if she loved him better than her husband, she could have him. That afternoon the messenger is shot in a gambling den. He refuses to allow the doctor to give him medical attention, but when the news is brought to him that the man Geraldine was entertaining is her brother, he decided that he wants to live, and the doctor pulls him through.