The people in Baker's Gap liked the man who owned the bank. His name was MacFarlane, but everyone called him Mac. His red face was generally crinkled by a good natured smile. He was a good citizen, a solid citizen. It was unusual for Mac to be out after dark, and it was even more unusual for him to have a furtive manner, or a look of apprehension - yet he had both as he made his way through the night toward a small shack that stood beyond the edge of town. The shack was dark, and Mac wondered if the man he planned to meet had changed his plans...