Red Stone was on trial for robbery in a California court. He had been bitter about the world since boyhood, when he and his twin brother had witnessed the death of their father, an innocent bystander, in a gunfight between outlaws and lawmen. The twins had stayed together until they were sixteen, then Red had run away to make his fortune as a rancher - but the ranch never materialized. He often wondered what had happened to his twin, and he would likely soon find out...