Bob Worth applies for a job at the Morton ranch, owned by a brother and sister, and is hired by the sister, Lita Morton. But her brother, Buck, comes along, with a man named Dyer, and orders Bob off the property explaining that his is selling the ranch to Dyer. The latter pays off in cash, and Buck heads for town to deposit the sale money in the bank. Bob rides on, meets a horseless-fugitive named Gallindo, and gives him a lift to his hideout. Later he meets the sheriff who swears him in as a deputy to help catch the bandit named Gallindo. Meanwhile, Buck is killed before he reaches the bank, and Dyer names Bob as a probable suspect. Bob escapes and heads for Gallindo's hideout and explains the situation to him. Bob thinks that Dyer is responsible and is running a land-buying racket where he pays cash for a ranch, then has his henchmen hold up the former owner, kill him and get Dyer's money back. They hatch a scheme in which Dyer buys some property from Gallindo, and they add a kicker to it.