- Joe Lawson, a corrupt gold miner, kills his partner, his partner's wife and his own wife for the mine, and steals his partner's child, while abandoning his own child. He starts an outlaw town. 20 years later, his son returns as does his partner, who's not really dead, but is rather unhappy.—J. Theakston
- Hal Curtis and Joe Lawson, partners in the Unity Mine, have a disagreement. The latter, in a fit of anger, strangles Curtis, and accidentally shoots Curtis's wife. He then deserts his own wife and child, and elopes with Hilda Hendrick. As they are leaving, Hilda hears the cries of a child, and upon investigating, discovers Curtis's little daughter in the arms of her dead mother. She insists upon caring for the baby, and so Lawson has to consent that Curtis's daughter shall be taken along with them. Seventeen years elapse, in which time Lawson has changed his name to White, and has become the prosperous owner of the Nugget, a dance hall and gambling saloon, in the heart of the lumber country. There his record as a "bad man" has earned him the prefix of "Killer." His partner's daughter, known as Marta, now a beautiful young woman, is discovered in the fields by a lumberjack, who becomes interested in her at once. That night, much to his disappointment and chagrin, he finds Marta, dressed in a bizarre costume, acting as custodian of the roulette wheel in the "Killer's" establishment. However, he learns with relief that she is forced to do this by her foster-parent, and at once constitutes himself her protector, which is not all to the liking of "Mac" Jepson, also in love with the girl. Quite by chance, a stranger wanders into the Nugget. He is Hal Curtis, and in the worn, haggard woman who is in the saloon he recognizes Hilda, and questions her as to the whereabouts of his daughter. She points across the room to the roulette wheel, where Marta is presiding. Hal, enraged, swears vengeance on the "Killer," and is backed up by the young lumberjack and his gang from the camps. There is a fight between Jepson and Marta's protector, who is none other than "Bill" Lawson, son of the "Killer," whom he deserted. Bill bests Jepson, and brings on a general fight between the lumberjacks and the employees of the Nugget. Just as Curtis, with murder in his heart, aims his gun at the "Killer," a shot rings out and cheats him of his vengeance. Hilda, who has been persecuted and abused by White from the day she ran away with him, is the murderess. On his deathbed White tries to make what amends he can for his many misdeeds. He dies without his son's becoming aware of his identity, but tells him that Marta is not his daughter, but that of Curtis, and the two young people go forth into life together.
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