A desperate battle is being fought at the Merrick ranch. Just at dusk, a band of outlaws had surrounded their house, and inside Mark Merrick, his wife and son, and two cowhands had prepared to sell their lives dearly. For hours the fight went on, the three men and the boy crouched at windows firing, loading and firing again until the barrels of their rifles were red hot! Still, the circle of dark figures continued to close in...