Harrigan Mahoney expected to receive a handsome reward for the capture of the young fugitive Ella Carson. But the journey with the captive to the West Coast is long, and somewhere along the way the stern bounty hunter realized that he had met his dream, his true love, his furious, burning passion, his happiness. The wall of bitterness with which Harrigan surrounded his heart collapsed, and, having learned that Ella was in mortal danger, he put his life on the line to save his beloved...