The assaults on stagecoaches occur continuously in the province by the bandits. The governor makes a pact with Curro Jiménez to stop them, but there are more bandits around.

A landowner, an old friend of Curro's, writes to him asking for help. When Curro arrives at the farmhouse where they had met, he finds that he has died and his young widow is harassed by mysterious enemies. The bandit decides to discover the murderers, at the risk of his own life, out of loyalty to his friend.

El Algarrobo finds a kidnapped girl in a gypsy camp and rescues her by becoming fond of her as if without wanting to leave her.