Margie, the only child of a widow, is loved by two young men, Rob and Orin. After being wooed most ardently by both men, Margie finally decides in favor of Rob. One day when Rob is kissing her, Orin comes upon them and is about to kill Rob from a distance. Margie sees him, but Rob does not. She is able to protect Rob with her own body and get him out of range, then playfully coaxing him to his own cabin, she locks him in. Returning to Orin she denounces him. Orin pours out his tale of love and tells her he did it all to win her. While they are talking Rob appears in the distance. At sight of his rival, Orin tells Margie he will climb the tree under which they are standing and listen to their conversation and will shoot Rob dead unless she informs him that she does not love him any more and will never speak to him again. Margie agrees and when Rob joins her, she dismisses him. Rob returns home and, packing up his few belongings, he takes his canoe and goes down the river. Margie is confronted by Orin when he comes down from his ambush and at seeing him she flies at him like a mountain wildcat and leaves him bewildered and stunned by her fury. The next morning, Margie, learning that Rob had gone away, steals down to the landing from which Rob had departed, and sits there gazing down the river. Orin, who has followed her, attempts again to plead his cause, but being struck by her dumb and abject misery, his heart is softened and he decides to restore her happiness. Taking his canoe he follows after Rob and discovering his camp by means of the fire, he comes in upon Rob and confesses his brutal treatment of Margie. Rob, in his natural anger, strikes Orin, but the latter controls himself and does not retaliate. Rob returns and the lovers are reunited.