On his way out of the saloon, Chad bumps into an unkempt drunkard (L.Q. Jones) who starts hurling insults at him when he refuses to get his chicken down from the beam. When the heated argument turns violent, Heath steps in, humiliating Chad who dashes out of the saloon in shame.

           

Frank shows Heath a wanted poster matching the drunkard sleeping in his cell. He’s Earl Vaughn, part of the gang of ruthless outlaws that he recalls having tackled with a few years back. If Earl is in Jubilee, chances are his brother Floyd (John Carter) and his bunch of merry men are not far behind.

Later Earl needles Frank into setting him free before his brother finds out he’s been taken to jail. Instead Frank plans to take him back to Stockton to stand trial for his crimes.

When he finds out that his friend will be alone with his son to escort the prisoner, Heath offers to tag along, much to Frank’s delight.

           

Floyd Vaughn and his gang arrive in Jubilee. His brother having failed to meet them at the rendezvous place, Floyd goes to the marshal’s office where he tries to wring the truth out of the nervous deputy sheriff George Rhodes (G.D. Spradlin). His right-hand man Rake (Matt Emery) comes in news that people have seen the sheriff and Heath Barkley head out with Earl early this morning.

Before leaving the office Floyd shoots the deputy dead for having lied to him.

           

Startled by the commotion, Heath jumps to his feet and lunges at Earl to overpower him. His heroic gesture embarrasses Chad even more knowing that he failed at his task.

Frank is incensed at his son’s lack of diligence and adamantly refuses to discuss his obvious talent for drawing, as he only wants Chad to follow in his footsteps.

           

Shortly after they arrive in the ghost town of Limbo and establish their headquarters at the run-down hotel. While Heath and Frank are away, Earl makes an attempt at convincing Chad to hand him over the key to his handcuffs. He manages to get the upper hand but luckily Frank shows up to subdue the cunning outlaw.

           

The Vaughn gang is closing in. As they prepare to follow the road to Wolf Pass, they hear riders approaching. Behind their place of concealment they identify one rider as Fred Madden. They conclude that he rode to meet Sawyer and his prisoner. However his coming this far can only mean that he has yet to meet with the escort party and therefore believe Sawyer veered off into Limbo instead.

           

Instead of agreeing with Frank’s methods, he encourages Chad to stand up to his father and follow his own path in life, an advice that irks Frank. He accuses Heath of turning his son against him. He refuses to listen when Heath tells him that Chad doesn’t have the makings of a lawman and that it’s likely the boy will eventually kill himself trying to please him.

           

On the trail Nick finds it odds that they have yet to meet with the escort party and therefore proposes to split.

           

           

Earl manages to remove the gag out of his mouth and makes one last attempt at convincing the young man to hand him the key. Instead Chad smacks him in the face

           

Nick and Jarrod arrive in time to lend two extra hands.