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In an age when robber barons and get-rich-quick schemes abound, a charismatic land developer arrives in Carson City and into the lives of Judith and Judge Kingston. It doesn't take Major Lansford Fallon long to win the affections of widowed Marthellen Farnsworth--Judith Kingston's housekeeper and dearest friend. And it takes Fallon even less time to win the financial backing of the town's leading citizens when he presents a plan to build a health...

In an age when robber barons and get-rich-quick schemes abound, a charismatic land developer arrives in Carson City. It doesn't take Major Lansford Fallon long to win the affections of widowed Marthellen Farnsworth.

Notorious outlaw Manitoba Joe Clark seems to have been caught red-handed this time, but he's begging Judge Kingston to find out who framed him. At home, life seems to be unraveling for the judge and his wife Judith.