Bertie is an embryonic Botanist. He is pottering with some flowers in the garden, when Nell, the idol of his dreams, passes. He runs out and escorts her home, pleading soulfully with her to marry him. Nell is a full blooded western girl and while she admires Bertie for many things, she prefers a real man for a husband. News comes from Nell's uncle in Red Cloud that he is going to sell out his store and go back to Vermont. Nell and her mother set out for Red Cloud, and Bertie, determined to prove himself a man, accompanies them. At Tucson, the stage is late and growing impatient, Nell and Bertie start out for Red Cloud on foot. Bertie purchases a burro to pack their baggage and it happens to be a burro formerly in the employ of "Tiger Jack," the lone bandit, who has caused the community to quake with fear. The Tucson-Red Cloud stage is held up by "Tiger Jack," and with the property of the passengers, he makes off into the hills. Bertie and Nell and the burro are plodding along toward Red Cloud. Bertie's time is devided between making love to Nell and rapsodizing over the botanical specimens along the way. He does not observe the disappearance of the burro, and eventually is forced to desert Nell while he goes in pursuit of the wayward animal. Instinctively, the burro wanders into the hiding place of "Tiger Jack" and a moment later Bertie encounters the bad man. Bertie is timid until "Tiger Jack" contemptuously destroys Nell's hat, which is on the burro's pack saddle. Then the botanist loses his temper and wallops the bandit. He is putting the finishing touches upon the bandit, when Nell comes up. She is amazed at the powers of her lover and lavishes congratulations upon him. He takes it in a matter-of-fact sort of way and calls for a rope. When the sheriff's posse rides up a few moments later, "Tiger Jack" is helplessly bound. The sheriff informs Bertie that he is entitled to the $5,000 reward offered for the capture of the outlaw and the story closes with the botanist enriched by a bank roll and a bride. -The Nickelodeon, Jan. 21, 1911
The Museum of Modern Art holds a print of this film which has full action and runs 988 feet but credits are missing.