Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Among the resentful villagers is Judson Forrest (Harlan), who wants to be an inventor. Mary Jordan (Bellamy), daughter of the financier, is hurt and spends a night at his home. Learning of his attitude toward her father, she poses as a domestic at the Jordan home. Later, in New York, Judson looks her up. He is trying to sell his invention and, to get funds, he mortgages his home. The village banker, in league with Jordan, sells the financier the mortgage, and a foreclosure threatens when Jordan's business agent Henry Mogridge (Miljan) double-crosses Judson. The youth thinks Mary working against him. Friends come to Judson's aid and he pays off the mortgage in the nick of time. He learns that Jordan knew nothing of the methods employed by his agent and that Mary loves him.
Kenneth Harlan
as Judson Forrest
Madge Bellamy
as Mary Jordan
Mary Carr
as 'Ma' Forrest
John Miljan
as Henry Mogridge
Robert Dudley
as Jasper Saddler
Leonore Matre
as Lillian Haskins
Edwards Davis
as Lafayette Jordan
Eddie Phillips
as Austin Dudley
Dorothy Dahmas
as Emily Jordan
