Fergal O'Brien has suffered bad times before, but when he walks into the town of Paradise he is at his lowest ebb. Footsore and hungry, he doesn't have a cent to his name.

Worse is to follow when Tex Porter raids Paradise's bank and Fergal is the victim of mistaken identity, leading to the bartender Bunty Shelby suspecting he's an outlaw. Bunty dreams of one day becoming the greatest bounty hunter in the West and capturing Fergal could make her dreams come true.

If Fergal is going to restore his fortunes, he'll have to find a way to defeat the formidable Tex, while avoiding letting the somewhat less formidable Bunty claim her first bounty.