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On shipboard, Edwin Forrester, a middle-aged Scotchman, makes the acquaintance of Tom Munroe, a confidence man. Forrester discloses the fact that he is going to visit his ranch in western America, also that he has but one relative, a niece, Ethel, in England." Munroe's greed aroused, he determines to kill Forrester, then gain possession of his property by assuming his victim's identity. In America, he accompanies Forrester to a suburb for a day or two of golf, where, at the hotel, he registers the Scotchman as his own brother, to prevent identification of his victim. On the links he kills Forrester, and escapes with his papers. The body is discovered by two golfers. Jack Heriot and Dick Anderson, but the identity of the dead man remains a mystery. Some time later Dick makes the acquaintance of Ethel, the niece, who is in America to pay a surprise visit to Forrester. Their destinations are the same and at the station he is met by his friend Heriot, who drives them to the Forrester ranch, where the two friends leave her. The following day, Munroe. representing himself as Forrester, arrives, not expecting to find the niece there. She recognizes at once that this man is not her uncle, and denounces him. He attempts to seize her, but she escapes in his team. He fires a shot which strikes her in the arm, but she continues at full speed to Heriot's home, where she convinces the two men Munroe is an impostor. They send for the Sheriff, and after a desperate chase, Munroe is hunted down and shot. Dick Anderson becomes a regular caller at Ethel's home, and it soon becomes evident that Forrester's estate will have a new master.