Old Applehead Furrman, jogging home across the mesa from Albuquerque, sniffed the soft breeze that came from opal-tinted distances and felt poignantly that spring was indeed here. The grass, thick and green in the sheltered places, was fast painting all the higher ridges and foot-hill slopes, and with the green grass came the lank-bodied, big-kneed calves; which meant that roundup time was at hand. Applehead did not own more than a thousand head of...

Jack Corey is a spoiled, rich 22 year old who spends his time skylarking with friends and drinking. On the way home from the beach late one night, those friends create all kinds of havoc as Jack struggles to keep his drunken eyes on the road. The hilarity gets out of hand after the friends decide to play Bandit. They end up shooting a man in another car! Not on purpose, but they did shoot him and everyone panicked, urging Jack to drive away in a hurry....

Chip Bennett meets an old friend dodging the law and introduces him to Weary Davidson, the Flying U foreman, as a stranger in need of a job.