The young lumberjack falls in love with the daughterof the boss. The woods protect a rough and immoral society,in which a mill hand, whom the girl spurned, sets fireto the mill. So the girl’s father gets a loan from the villainto rebuild and to pay his men, but the villain, twirlinghis handlebar mustache, hires thugs to cause accidentafter accident, delaying the work, until the old manis brought to the table. Now our hero, the young lumberjack,having watched what was going on, shouts, “Stop!”and accuses the villain of playing the villain. The villaingrabs the deed and knocks over a lantern while makinghis escape. After putting out the fire, a chase beginsthe rest of the story, at the end of which the villain grabsthe deed in the mailbag that is caught on the leverof the brake of the caboose and over the cliff he goes.In the final scene, the lumberjack and the girl embraceas they overlook the valley whose trees are now their ownto cut down as they please.