Texas Ranger Chuck Williams (Leo D. Maloney, as Leo Maloney)is the bashful sweetheart of the daughter, Ellen (Pauline Curley), of the captain of his Texas Rangers troop. He is working with the Mexican Rurales in an effort to stop a gang of gun runners. The gang-leader shows up, posing as an artist, and Ellen takes him in as a boarder to make Chuck jealous. But Chuck is wise to the boarder, who kidnaps Ellen and heads for the mountain hideout of his gang.