"A ranger rides to town: When an anonymous note alerts Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie to an impending bank robbery, he rides into a blazing gun battle. Minutes later, one robber is wounded and two others lie dead in the street. Inside the bank, there are two more dead-- but not by Bowdrie's hand. It looks like there was a fifh man involved, one who committed cold-blooded murder, then arranged for the Texas Ranger to dispense with the rest of his gang. But the outlaw's mysterious getaway won't get him far enough"--Container."Rain on the mountain fork: When a storm washes [out] the road the passengers of a stage coach find shelter in an isolated shanty. But Lew Judd is nervous as he plays cards with a fellow traveler, the driver, and the men who were in the cabin when they arrived. A quiet man, Judd is an Easterner headed for a new life in Santa Fe with his lovely niece, Nelly. Now he worries about her safety-- and about the money belt that holds his life's savings"--Container."Down Sonora way: Chick Bowdrie and Tensleep Mooney are locked in a stalemate with nothing between them but sixty yards and a Winchester. Then a wounded man, a woman, and two bedraggled kids appear in the distance, and just behind, a large dust cloud that means Apaches. Bowdie and Mooney could play it safe and stay hidden. But suddenly the outlaw and the lawman become a crack team against a cruel enemy stalking helpless victims"--Container.