The trial against Julius Brown ends, and the three brothers travel with Hunt to Green River, where they are assigned to the farm. Hunt, Beth, Bethany, and Art travel to Chicago for Earl Jefferson and Lois Bonner’s wedding, then to the Thayer Water Stop in Indiana to visit Jr., Clover, and Mary. The family travels to Thayer Water stop in Indiana and accompanies Clover, Mary, and Jr. to an auction in Columbus, where the beauty and charm of Jamila Williamson sweeps Jr. off his feet. Hunt returns to Denver in time to send the men on a mission to track down a band of thieves, cattle rustlers, and kidnappers of a rancher’s sixteen- year-old daughter. Hiram Joseph returns from training and joins the men on the hunt for the thieves and kidnappers.