Tom Gardner, a Texas ranger, while riding the border looking for raiders, visits his sweetheart, Vicky, who is just leaving with her father, Jim Nelson, for town. Ramero, leader of Mexican outlaws, sees Tom, and vows to "get" him if possible. Later, Ramero and his band give chase to Nelson and his daughter, who are returning home with their supplies. Nelson is killed during an exchange of shots. Tom hears the shots and goes to the rescue, arriving just in time to save Vicky. Ramero escapes. Tom and Vicky pursue him, and later he falls dead before Tom's well-directed shot. Then it is that Vicky consents to become Tom's new deputy for life.