When Hey Boy's brother is killed for protesting the working conditions on a Chinese railroad gang in Utah, Paladin must get the boy out of jail and bring the killer to justice.

Paladin answers an ad in the paper by Kurt Sprague: ""Teach me to quick draw and shoot. Instruction desperately needed. Will pay one thousand dollars. Only experts need apply."" Kurt needs to learn in order to go back home. Paladin does a very good job. Only one problem: Kurt enjoys showing off his new found skill a little too much.

A young man convicted of murder is scheduled for execution, and Paladin attempts to intervene before it's too late.

Paladin helps down on her luck Calamity Jane regain her mojo.

Alfred Nobel, staying at the Carlton, enlists the aid of resident Paladin to recover a mixed up shipment of mineral oil with his more potent nitroglycerin.