Colonel Archer, commander of a military post, refuses to loan money to his second-in-command, Captain Waring. The determined Waring goes to the nearby mining town and borrows from Brent Lindsay. Both men are courting Floyd Bingham, the daughter of a retired officer, and Lindsay uses Waring’s debt against him, persuading the captain to withdraw from the situation. However, the young woman learns that Lindsay is involved with a dance hall girl named Queen, and accepts a marriage proposal from Colonel Archer, who is fostering his orphaned niece and nephew. When Archer learns that the marriage has not discouraged Lindsay, the husband and wife quarrel, and he leaves on a hunting trip. Floyd takes a walk with Lindsay in her husband’s absence, and they are photographed by Waring, who threatens to expose Lindsay unless the debt is cancelled. Lindsay is later found dead and Archer is arrested for the murder. Angered by their comrade’s death, the men of the mining town attempt to lynch the colonel, until Queen, the only witness to the murder, reveals the truth.