It seems that there is little good water in the area except the spring fed well on school property. Bill and Jingles investigate the corrupt school board who want to close the school and control the water.
Bill and Jingles take a boy along as they chase a robber and murderer. They want to prove to the boy that the man he admires is really a ruthless criminal.
Hickock and Jingles happen upon a woman and child, nearing starvation. She claims that someone is trying to force her off of her property. Hickock learns that several other homesteaders are also being forced off of their land.