Frank Ritchie murders school teacher Eleanor Larson. Dave Blassingame arrives and shoots Ritchie, seriously wounding him. He manages to escape, but Dave catches up with him at his brothers shack. He dies and his two brothers, Lath and Doug, try to blame the murder on Dave.

Henry Hadley has found his fortune. He arrives at his Neice and Nephew's small ranch. He informs them that he hired Dave Blassingame to work for them as a ranch hand. Marsh Kennedy wants Dave to leave. Margie Lee Kennedy is attracted to Dave, and Marsh is attracted to the doubled-eagle gold coins in his Uncle Hadley's saddle bags.