Reese, Chad and Joe capture the Slaughter Gang and take them to the nearest jail in San Sabo. They take the stolen money to the bank and meet Miss Emma there, who is a cultural lecturer selling tickets for her lectures on Greece with little luck. Chad and Joe trick Reese into helping her. He does so by employing saloon dancer Carlotta to warm up the crowd for Miss Emma's lecture. While Miss Emma is speaking a gang robs the bank and releases the Slaughters at the same time to throw suspicion on them. While pursuing the robbers Reese crosses paths with Miss Emma and discovers there may be more then meets the eye concerning the ""wealth"" of her wagonload of books.

Reese pretends to be a cattle buyer at Martha Tuforth's way station where outlaws Jack Hanks, Paco and Crazy John Holden are awaiting the arrival of Benny Murphy, who has their money to travel to Mexico with. Crazy John recognizes Reese as a ranger and they take him prisoner. Councilman Willburn and his wife Letty arrive shortly after and also find themselves hostages. Paco spends his time romancing Letty Willburn and Maryanne, Martha Tuforth's niece. Joe shows up disguised as a traveling salesman named Stanley. He is soon found out to be a ranger and joins Reese, tied to a chair. He tells Reese and the outlaws that Benny Murphy has been captured. Reese and Joe trick Crazy John into challenging Paco to draw and Paco kills him. Paco picks young Maryanne as the hostage to take with them along with the rangers when they leave. Martha breaks a glass and hands a broken piece to Joe who manages to cut through his ropes. A fist ensues and Reese and Joe capture the outlaws.

Lance Mabry joined a gang of war buddies for a train robbery and is now on the run with the money. He hides out at his farm and learns his young daughter Missy is there, having run away from boarding school. Reese, Chad and Joe arrive and are all slightly injured or kept at bay by Missy, who thinks they are the outlaw gang after her father. The Rangers are soon won over by Missy and they try to work out a way to avoid her finding out her dad is a train robber. They concoct a story of how they killed the outlaw gang and recovered the stolen loot. During the telling of this story to Captain Parmalee it is also conveyed that Mabry died fighting the outlaw gang. Unknown to the Rangers Mabry has already turned himself in to Parmalee, knowing it was best for himself and Missy. Reese, Chad and Joe receive a week of stable duty.