John Ford, revenue officer, is ordered to Moonshine Mountain to track illicit distillers. He has a posse of officers, disguised as railroad laborers. In the mountains he meets Anne, a mountain girl, with whose mother he obtains board. He admires her. Brice Gordon, overworked at his desk in a newspaper office, leaves for a vacation, and selects Moonshine Mountain for a fishing trip. He also secures board at Anne’s house. Jake, a moonshiner, attempts to kiss Anne while he is drunk and Brice rescues her from him. thus earning Jake’s enmity. Anne and Brice have fallen in love with each other, and Ford becomes jealous. He is tracking Jake through the woods in the hope of finding the still when he comes upon Brice and Anne. He forgets his purpose in his wild jealousy and turns from his eavesdropping to find himself covered by Jake’s rifle. Ford saves himself by telling Jake that Brice is the real revenue officer, and Jake hurries off to warn his companion at the still. Ford follows. He tracks Jake, but is discovered by the moonshiners when they leave the still and pursued down over the mountain. Meanwhile, Brice and Anne have returned to the little farm, where Brice assists Anne in the barnyard. There is an old bell near the house, formerly used to call the men to dinner, but now abandoned. Ford, pursued by the moonshiners, wounds Jake, but, followed by the others, he tries to reach the bell in time to give the alarm to his posse at the railroad. Just as he is about to pull the rope, he is shot by Zeb, one of the moonshiners. Badly wounded, he manages to reach the house, just as Brice, who has heard the shot, rushes up. The two moonshiners, arriving at that moment, take Brice for the man they have pursued and cover him with their guns. He tries to explain, but Zeb sees the reporter’s badge which he wears on his vest and is convinced that he is the officer. Anne, alarmed for Brice’s safety, hurries from the barnyard. She reads the inscription on the badge and tells them what it is. They are about to release Brice, when the wounded Jake arrives, and declares that “Them as wear badges, gets strung up.” He tells one of his men to get a rope. Anne tries to escape to get help, but is captured by Jake. Zeb goes for a rope and sees only the one attached to the old bell. He pulls it from its fastening. The bell rings. At the railroad the posse hear the alarm. Ford, in the cabin, watches the preparations for Brice’s death unmindful of his wound in the knowledge that his rival will be out of the way. The rope is around Brice’s neck. He looks a farewell at Anne. Jake holds her in his arms. Zeb is about to swing Brice from the ground when the posse dashes in. Brice is released. In the cabin Ford lies dead upon the floor. Later, when Brice returns to the city Anne goes with him.