The ranch house at Wheeler's Flying H Ranch was decked out in all its finery for a wedding. The only problem was that Joe Rich, sheriff of Pinnacle City, hadn't shown up. Joe got himself so drunk, he couldn't get up, much less walk a bride down the aisle. Embarrassed and properly chastened, Joe decides he'd better leave town. But the very next day, his bride-to-be's father is found dead. Things are looking none too good for Sheriff Joe Rich. Lucky for Joe and for the folks of Pinnacle City that Hashnife Hartley--America's most famous cowboy-detective--and his sidekick Sleepy Stevens have drifted into town...