▁film ▁magazine , ▁Wind y ▁Wat kins ▁( H ox ie ), ▁noted ▁pre var icator , ▁tells ▁the ▁men ▁of ▁the ▁Bar ▁Nothing ▁R anch ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁thr illing ▁advent ures , ▁and ▁a ▁stranger ▁becomes ▁interested . ▁So ▁Wind y ▁proceed s ▁to ▁tell ▁him ▁how ▁he ▁and ▁Phil ▁H oll is ▁( F oster ) ▁while ▁in ▁Al aska ▁had ▁trouble ▁with ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁men ▁who ▁had ▁known ▁Phil ▁in ▁Mont ana . ▁Phil ▁was ▁killed , ▁Wind y ▁tells ▁the ▁stranger , ▁and ▁Wind y ▁was ▁accused . ▁He ▁escaped ▁and ▁assumed ▁the ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁ran ch ▁of ▁E un ice ▁H oll is ▁( Cl ay ton ), ▁which ▁is ▁under ▁threat ▁of ▁cattle ▁rust lers , ▁but ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁when ▁word ▁of ▁the ▁murder ▁accus ation ▁b obs ▁up . ▁Wind y ▁comple tes ▁the ▁story , ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁stranger ▁surpr ises ▁them ▁by ▁saying ▁that ▁Wind y ▁told ▁the ▁truth ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁federal ▁mar shal ▁come ▁to ▁arrest ▁the ▁story t eller . ▁A ▁ch ase ▁ens ues , ▁and ▁the ▁men ▁gra pp le ▁mid stream ▁and ▁then ▁carried ▁through ▁a ▁sub ter rane an ▁passage ▁until ▁they ▁reach ▁the ▁hiding ▁place ▁of ▁Bill ▁Sp ray ▁( J ord an ) ▁and ▁his ▁cattle ▁rust lers . ▁The ▁mar shal ▁finds ▁in ▁Sp ray ▁the ▁real ▁murder er ▁when ▁Wind y ▁makes ▁him ▁conf ess . ▁His ▁innoc ence ▁and ▁ver acity ▁established , ▁Wind y