A wanderer (Vic Morrow), seeking his parents' lynchers, arrives in Virginia City as Ben and Adam are convicted of murder.
The owner of a Middle East Delicacies store, upon learning Mr. French is unmarried and knowing he is wealthy, introduces him to his cousin, Nural Shpeni, who he and her brothers want Nural to marry.
For a school project, Cissy wants to write a story about Mr French. She starts following him and finds out what he does every Thursday.
Cissy's school is having a mother / daughter dinner. This makes Cissy miss her mother more.
A cavalryman's wife (Barbara Stanwyck), left in command of a nearly abandoned fort, must face rampaging Comanches.