Gil breaks his own rule when the trail boss lets his boys go wild in a town with a crooked roulette wheel and watered drinks. Before leaving camp Rowdy has Favor hold his money to protect it. Rowdy decides to check out the town by window-shopping. The Marshal's luscious young wife, desperately seeking any way to escape him, steals Rowdy's empty wallet but returns it to him. Rowdy is a perfect foil, as she meets him at the blacksmith shop telling him she is in trouble and needs $50 to leave. As Rowdy asks Favor for his money, a fight breaks out in the saloon over the crooked roulette wheel. Favor tries to remove his men but a dealer and drover Billy are killed. The men leave town with Favor promising to return to settle with the Marshal. At camp Rowdy asks for his money but Favor, sensing a ripoff, refuses. Rowdy picks a fight and quits the drive to get his money. He returns to give Clovis $50. She refuses it knowing Rowdy is in danger telling him to leave town while the Marshal's tiny Iago, Poke, pushes for a deadly confrontation. Not realizing the danger Rowdy is in, Favor asks the Marshal to arrest Rowdy for stealing a horse. The Marshal takes Rowdy to camp to settle the horse issue but with no intentions of Rowdy making it.
—David Stevens