Captain Teale, stationed at Fort Frayne, a small garrison in Indian country, falls in love with Helen Farrar, the daughter of the colonel commanding the cavalry troop. During a skirmish with the Indians, Colonel Farrar is mortally wounded and with his dying words confides to Teale that his son, Royle, thought dead by Mrs. Farrar and Helen, has become a renegade. After the colonel's death, the Farrars go east, returning in a year's time with Mrs. Daunton as their companion. Mrs. Daunton immediately recognizes Graice, one of the new recruits, as the man who several years before deserted her shortly after their marriage; Graice kills an Indian in a saloon brawl and is confined to the guardhouse. When the Indians attack the fort in reprisal, Graice is mortally wounded, confessing before he dies that he is Royle Farrar.
—Pamela short