
Lucas McCain raises a son while battling desperados in New Mexico.

Mark discovers that the new preacher and his wife are impostors planning a robbery.

Lucas and Marshal Torrance get into trouble with the Army when they try to help a wounded young soldier who deserted.

After Mark contracts typhoid fever and has a vision of his dead mother, he no longer seems interested in getting well.

An old friend of Lucas returns to town in the company of a shady gambler and is accused of cheating at cards.