Mort Beaumont, a wealthy rancher, was seated at a table in the living room of his home. On the table were several papers that had been given to him by the short thickset man who stood beside him. Across the room, anxiously watching the two men, was a young girl - Nelly Beaumont - the rancher's adopted daughter, and she was right to be anxious, since the stranger was there claiming to be her real father...