Mary Huntley, bored with married life, is about to desert her husband, Jim. She turns her affection towards her husband's friend, Major Ashbrook, who devises a scheme to disillusion her about other men, thus hoping to cause her to return to her husband. He persuades Mary to accompany him to a lonely mountain cabin where a fake robbery is to take place. Ashbrook then plans to turn tail and run, leaving Mary to fend for herself until such time as her husband will come to rescue her. The plan fails when some real thugs who have escaped from prison get into the action, but after much confusion and fighting the husband reclaims his wife.