Bart McGrew, a notorious outlaw, lives in the hills with his young wife, unknown to McGrew, one of his land. Dan Trent, is in love with his wife and the two are plotting to go away and leave McGrew at the first opportunity. One morning Trent is riding along the trail when he sees a notice from the sheriff offering McGrew and his band freedom for surrender if they will give themselves up. Quickly Trent rides to the shack during McGrew's absence, tells her he will give himself up and thus secure McGrew's arrest. This will give them an opportunity to go away while the outlaw is serving his prison term. Trent carries out his plan, gives himself up to the sheriff and leads the posse back to the shack in time to take McGrew prisoner. Realizing he has been tricked, and suspecting his wife and Trent for treachery, McGrew swears vengeance and is dragged off to jail. Next morning McGrew escapes, and, though pursued by a posse, strikes straight for the shack to wreak his vengeance. Covered with grime, and with one arm hanging limp with a bullet through it, McGrew arrives outside the shack, gazes through the window and sees his wife in Trent's arms. With a snarl of rage he raises his gun and is about to fire, when a bullet from the sheriff's gun, intended for his heart, sings through the open window and Trent falls across the kitchen table dead, shot through the brain. Realizing vengeance has come to him, and that he is saved from being a murderer, McGrew allows himself to be taken by the posse and smiles grimly through the open window where his wife is sobbing out her remorse across the dead body as they lead him off down the hill-trail.