When you have a spread the size of the Bar 20 to keep ship shape, it takes a lot of plain hard work. It's the habit with fellows that work hard, that they relax hard too - so give them a pocket full of wages and a day off, and a cloud of dust marks their trail into town. Hoppy has come to expect this from most of his boys, but when his pal California disappears in this same ominous fashion, Hoppy decides he had better do a bit of investigating...