It was mid morning of a hot summer day, and Liz Tyson, a toughened pioneer woman of the far south west, and her young niece, Martha, were busy with the morning chores in the kitchen of the Tyson cabin. The two stopped talking when Martha looked out of the window and saw two men heading their way. The men wanted refreshments, and Liz was happy to oblige. But it was all bad timing, when Ned came home and spilled a little too much information about the mine he'd been working on...