Tom Bates is living in the city enjoying a liberal fortune left him by an uncle recently deceased. When Tom received his fortune he was working on a ranch as a cowboy and was a top-notcher, too. In the city he has met May, a charming and beautiful girl, who is engaged to marry him. Tom rescues a forlorn girl in the park from a ruffian. May breaks the engagement and Tom decides to return west. He gets a job as cowboy on a big ranch after demonstrating his prowess in every manner, so that he at once becomes a favorite. May is invited to visit her aunt's ranch and on the way the stagecoach in which she is riding is run away with by the frantic horses. Tom and his companions witness the runaway and Tom, riding across fields, intercepts it, imperils his life by leaping from his horse to the footboard, and reining in the runaway team he saves the life of May. Tom is astonished to find her in the coach and she is delighted to find that he is her preserver. They are happily reunited.