Freckles gets an opportunity to prove his capabilities as a guard when Wessner, a recently fired lumberman, comes upon Freckles on his rounds and offers him five hundred dollars to look the other way while Black Jack's gang of thieves steals a prime tree next to the trail. After initially playing dumb to gain information, Freckles puts his gun and stick aside and fights Wessner using only his one fist.
Freckles is given a chance to demonstrate his skills as a watchman when Wessner, a former lumberjack who has just been fired, encounters Freckles on his patrol and offers him five hundred dollars to ignore Black Jack's gang of thieves while they steal a valuable tree near the trail. Initially pretending not to know anything, Freckles lays down his gun and club and engages Wessner in a fistfight.