In the bar-room of Lonely Gulch an actor is entertaining the cowboys by showing them various impersonations, when the mail arrives, and he receives a letter from his sweetheart to the effect that she has got hold of an easy mark, a ranchman from Lonely Gulch. The bartender also receives a letter from the ranchman asking him to tell the boys that he is returning the following day with a bride who is an actress. The next morning the ranchman and his bride arrive on the coach and are given a great welcome. On the solicitation of his bride he offers the actor employment on his ranch and he accompanies them there. A week later the ranchman, with the cowboys of whom the actor is one, start off for town, but the actor, pretending his horse has gone lame returns to the ranch, and getting back there, makes love to his sweetheart. The ranchman, who is suspicious, also turns and quietly follows and reenters the ranch. We next see the ranchman and his bride come out carrying a body and taking it to and hiding it in a cave. He then goes to the bar-room and announces that he intends to sell his ranch and go east. He soon arranges a deal with a neighbor and they go to the ranch to close it. The sheriff, who was in the bar-room, is, however, suspicious and, together with two deputies, follow at a discreet distance. On their road they hear a voice calling for help and finally locate it in the cave. Here they discover the body, still living. Meantime the ranchman and the purchaser have come to a final understanding as to the sale of the ranch, and the papers are just being signed by the ranchman and his bride, when the sheriff and his deputies enter with the real ranchman, and at the point of their guns tear off the disguise from the false ranchman and disclose the familiar face of the actor, who is arrested and taken away. The bride begs forgiveness, but is ordered to make herself scarce.