As the beautiful Jenny Miles steps out of the stagecoach, deputy Johnny McKay is immediately smitten. He escorts her to the milliner shop she is taking over. After helping her clean the shop, she asks Johnny about the Birdcage Saloon. He agrees to take her there to meet Troop and Lily. After they leave, Jeff Hacker, a dealer at the Birdcage, asks to leave early, as he knows Jenny. Later that evening, Johnny confronts Jeff when he finds him arguing with Jenny. After several days of courtship, Johnny asks Jenny to marry him, but Lily and Troop are worried that he doesn't know Jenny well. She tells Johnny the true measure of a man is his willingness to die for her. When their engagement is announced, Jeff challenges Johnny and shoots at him as Jenny comes out of her store upon hearing the ruckus. Jenny is hit and asks for Jeff instead of Johnny as she dies.
—Anonymous