It was morning and the stage coach had just arrived from the territorial capital. One one passenger got out, but when he did, a hush fell over the town's single main street, as if the new arrival had been disaster itself. The man was John Ames, and the folks in the town were shocked to see him back. The Sheriff said as much to him too - especially when he began to ask if the men whose lies had put him in jail were still living there...