Paladin stops to ask a stranger for directions and is invited to share his campsite. Later, when a posse arrives, the man announces that Paladin is the murderer they have been looking for.

While in Oregon, Paladin makes a new friend, Monk, who he helps get out of a group of unruly herders.

A diptheria scare slows the return of Paladin's prisoner to justice.

Protecting the current administration from low gossip and sensationalism, Paladin is asked to discreetly bring the Secretary's son to justice for murder.