Dan Reid had been visiting friends, and was enroute by horseback to join the masked rider and his Indian companion, Tonto, when he stopped at a little railroad junction to wire ahead when he expected to arrive. He was just starting to write the telegram, when he felt a hand fall on his shoulder, and turned to recognize an old friend - Mr Stevens. His cowpokes have just left on the train with Mr Stevens cattle to Denver, where he's told them to take a few days off to have some fun. He invites Dan along with him in the stock man's car on the freight load to Sycamore Bend, where he should meet Tonto much earlier.