- When the herd refuses to drink or cross a river, Favor sends for a vet and a one-armed man shows up wanting a drover job. Rowdy learns the cattle need salt and the new hand knows where to find it nearby. However, he doesn't want to go there.
- The dying cattle won't cross the river or drink water because they are not thirsty because they lack salt in their diet because they have been traveling over and eating burnt-out grass. Tom Cowan, a newly hired one-armed drover tells Favor that there is an old rock salt mine at Murtry, owned by the local banker. Favor orders Cowan and some of the drovers to travel to Murtry to get the salt to feed the cattle. Cowan demurs, but Favor orders him to go along. We soon learn the reason for his reluctance: 10 years ago Cowan had just married Jenny Conway, local girl at Murtry. He robbed the local bank of $100 to buy a wedding trip, was caught by the law, but the despotic, controlling banker (Everett Sloane) offered him this deal which he accepted: go free, take $500, never return, and join the Army (at time of the Civil War) in the name of the banker's son. Cowan lost his arm in the war and had a letter sent stating that he died in the war, so as not to be a burden on Jenny, who knew nothing of why he disappeared -- nothing about the robbery, deal, etc. The son is lauded as a war hero even though he never served, and three years ago he married Jenny. To maintain the secrets, the banker is using the sale of the salt as a weapon, and he even orders his henchmen to kill Cowan.—chipe
- Favor has gone out of the way to reach a river and water the herd desperately needs but the cattle won't drink or cross the river. He sends Rowdy for a vet while a one-armed man Tom Cowan drops in looking for a drover job and is hired. Rowdy returns with word from the vet that the cattle's recent feed is short on minerals so the cattle need salt. Tom tells Favor there is an old rock salt mine 30 miles away that might have salt. Pete and three others plus Tom leading find the mine is closed. Tom tells Pete to see the banker who owns the mine but he refuses to go into town saying his old girl friend thinks he died in the war. The men are forced to wait at the bank for the owner while Tom retuning to camp is recognized and shot by the Sheriff. He takes Tom to the doctor and tells the returning banker, Sam Butler. Butler tells the men they can have the salt for $150 and removing Tom immediately. However, they can't find Tom who is being sheltered by Jenny Conway and husband Will - Sam's son. Jenny learns the truth about both Tom and Will. Tom leaves to help the men get the salt while Will decides to set things right. However, Sam comes to regret his decisions and pays the consequences.—Anonymous
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