The story tells of a youth who gambles away his money, and then takes to stage robbing as a means of recruiting his lost fortunes. He plans with others to attack his own father's stage and rob it of a valuable express package. The stage robbers are foiled and the meeting between the father and son is an exciting one. The final scene shows the court room, with the father allowed to act as judge of what punishment should be meted to his son, and the obdurate father allows him to go away to prison.
—Show World - November 13, 1909