When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas his reputation as a lawman precedes him Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death and left everything to him in her will Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter and she fears violence if her hotblooded brother Dick finds out When a body is found at the Bow Knot Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didnt commit