Business tycoon C B Bannerman father of Governor Dukes top Enforcer Yancey Bannerman was sick with lung fever He could stay in the damp foggy atmosphere of San Francisco and die or move out to a drier warmer climate for a while in hopes that his health might improve CB decided to travel west to Texas where he had a ranch and the biggest bank in Dallas But someone was determined that he should never reach his destination Fortunately Yancey was around to fight off the bushwhackers but there was still a mystery to be solved Who were the wouldbe killers and why did they want CB dead In the end there was no shortage of suspects but to get to the bottom of it all Yancey needed help And when Yancey needed help the gunswift Johnny Cato and his awesome Manstopper were only a call away