When Bob Stratton returns from war in France, he soon discovers his ranch in the hands of a pretty girl, Mary Thorne, who explains that upon her father's death she became the sole owner. Thorne had been the executor of Stratton's will, and thinking that Bob had been killed, he had appropriated the place for himself. After several escapades with some unscrupulous characters who want to take over the ranch, Stratton settles the question of ownership by asking Mary to marry him.