Unless medical attention is obtained for Bud Conley, who is stricken with fever, Conley is likely going to die. He, his chief and Captain Midnight are far from civilisation in Mexico. The clearing where Captain Midnight landed his plane is so small that a take-off from it cannot be made, except in one direction, and only then - after the wind shifts! It is now early afternoon and the Captain and Chuck are standing near their plan at the edge of a field talking things over...