Drink makes a brute of Broncho Billy and he does not realize what he is doing when under its influence. His wife and children are mortally afraid of him when he is in this condition and keep out of his way. At the saloon one day he provokes a quarrel with the one doctor of the town and wounds him with a shot from his gun. Broncho's children playing Indian, get their father's gun and the little girl is shot. The doctor is called but cannot come and the little girl dies a victim of her father's craving for the demon rum. Broncho Billy realizes the punishment that has been sent and vows never to touch liquor again.