Nick catches up with Corso (Stephen McNally) and his family intent on forcing them to hand over the merchandise, which they denied having stolen. Incensed at the man’s insolence, Nick jumps him but thankfully Heath and Jarrod show up in time to break the fight. They inform Nick of the missing keg they found in the old cellar. Apparently Nick had omitted to include it in the present inventory. Despite his oversight, Nick refuses to apologize.

           

On the eighty-mile road to Auburn, Nick and feisty Pilon butt heads with each other. She resents him for branding her father a thief and sending him to the doctor’s with cracked ribs. Nick wards off her blows by striking some of his own. She won’t relent despite her mother Angelina’s (Rita Lynn) and grandmother Salishka’s (Celia Lovsky) advices to cut the man some slack for his help might come in handy during the trip.

           

During a stop over, another incident involving Nick catching Pilon in her bath has Angelina and Salishka suspecting that a strong attraction is developing between the two.

           

Later as Pilon tends to Nick’s head wound, two horses thieves (Chris Alcaide & Jim Sheppard) pay their camp site a visit to get their hands on anything of value.

           

           

While Sam tends to his patient, his young daughter Sara Jane (Eve Plumb) sneaks into the barn to meet with Pilon who gives her one of her shiny bracelets. Sam orders Sara Jane out, afraid the Gypsy might try to abduct her.

           

Sam shows up at the camp with the town sheriff (Walter Coy) demanding that the Gypsies release his daughter who disappeared shortly after they left his office. The sheriff agrees to give Nick and Pilon a chance to prove their innocence by granting them twenty-four hours to bring the little girl back.

           

           

The shamefaced father apologizes for misjudging them and offers his deepest gratitude for saving his daughter’s life.