June 28th 1929
"The Wagon Master"
Bill Hollister organizes a wagon train to break the frightening
monopoly acquired by Jake Lynch through unfair tactics. The high
food prices charged as a result of Lynch's monopoly are threatening
the life of the mining communities served.
The Rambler joins Hollister's outfit when it sets out for Gold
Hill, a mining camp. Lynch schemes to prevent Hollister's wagon-train
from reaching its destination.
The Rambler rescues Sue Smith, a pretty girl, in a runaway. He
takes command of the wagon-train when Hollister is killed from ambush
by Lynch's henchmen.
Jacques Frazelle, who was Hollister's second in command, schemes
to displace the Rambler as wagonmaster and win Sue.
At a desert water-hole the Rambler outwits Lynch's men who try to
keep him from getting water for his outfit. Frazelle enters into a
plot with Lynch to disrupt the Rambler's wagon-train.
Bad blood develops between the Rambler and Frazelle as the result
of their rivalry over Sue.
The rambler vanquishes Frazelle in a whip fight in a dance hall at
Devil's dive. He and his men fight their way back to their wagons, and
make their way into Gold Hill in time to keep the miners from signing
an exorbitant contract with Lynch. The Rambler and Sue share the
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