Paladin is hired by the owner of ""The Frenchman's"" restaurant to take a plate glass window to the town of Panamint, a wild gold-mining town.

An old friend of Paladin is shot and killed in Paladin's hotel room. After returning the body for burial, Paladin sets out to find the killer.

Paladin is hired to escort Jonathan Guilder through Indian country.

Adams, the prosecutor, wants to hire Paladin to rid the town of someone he says is getting away with murder.