Hidden behind some shrubbery, Johnny Hume, a boy of 6 or 7, witnesses the slaughter of his mother, father and brother by the guns of a gang led by "the Cat". Twenty years later, Johnny has grown to manhood, but is still paralyzed with fearful memories of that day. During a gunfight, instead of preventing a saloon hold-up, he is spotted cowering behind the bar and thus... Branded a Coward.
