Mary Lane (Minter) is the last heiress of a southern family, whose inheritance consists of a plot of land.

Manning and Dempster, representatives of competing real estate firms, bid to buy this land.

Mary, who has fallen in love with Manning and does not believe him to be guilty, convinces the governor to let her employ him on her estate.

Meanwhile, a fight between Dempster and a witness to the murder, and a dying confession, result in the evidence of Manning's innocence.

The film ends with Manning's release, his marriage to Mary, and the promise of their happy future on the plot of land, which they have decided to keep.