Josh finds a poster announcing a reward of $500, but without more information besides a reference to the Parker Ranch. At the ranch the manager Noonan tells Josh that a week ago they found the safe opened by force and $10,000 stolen. At the same time the worker Juan Portilla disappeared. Noonan asks Josh to capture Juan and bring him back alive. Juan's fiancée, Conchita Morales, refuses to cooperate, but relents when Josh tells her that if he doesn't capture Juan alive, someone else will kill him. She tells Josh that Juan probably is at a place up in the mountains called Gorge Del Diablo. When Josh rides away, Luis Portillo, Juan's father, trails him, but is soon detected. Josh forces Luis to accompany him as a hostage. On the path upwards they find some of Juan's personal belongings dropped on purpose, which makes them suspicious.
—Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}