Traveling to Oregon, drifter Ryan had taken a job in the new railroad's Montana timber camp. But he fled when company men killed his friend Ben Comfrey over owed wages of seventy-four dollars fifty... Ryan knew that Ben's widow and son needed that money to get them through the winter - but when he confronted the railroad bosses, they tried to kill him too. Now, with a capable gun and vengeance in mind, Ryan was going to pursue it to the end of the line.