Bill returns to the ranch over the next few days, both to see Virginia and gather information. Plummer is suspicious of the supposed small-town lawyer, and has an argument with Selton about what to do about him; he is ordered to do nothing, as it will only draw attraction to their operation if Plummer is right. Nevertheless, one of the gang, Dutch (Ray Mayer), tries to kill Bill while he and Virginia are riding horses, shooting her horse out from under her and injuring her in the fall. The feverish Selton orders Plummer to deck Dutch, to show them all that he's still the boss.
