Gang leader Jake Sneed is horrified when an innocent man is inadvertently killed, and he decides to take the dead man's son under his wing to atone. But what happens when the son finds out the truth and about the further misdeeds of the man he's come to think of as his father? Original.
In the title story of this collection, a lawman is conflicted when his deputystarts to become friendly with a band of horse thieves.