Bud is slacking off - he's not doing his chores and he's put off memorizing a poem to recite in church. Margaret insists he skip his softball game and catch up on his work, but Jim sneaks him out.
Bud stopped a bank robbery without realizing it, and is considered a hero. The publicity and constant attention gets to be too much for Bud.
Commissioned by President Andrew Jackson to aid an Army Major sent to foil a plot to withdraw Louisiana from the Union, Jim Bowie is forced to impersonate the Major when assassins cut hi down.
Outlaw and idle-boaster Bailey Harper says Bat Masterson will never find him. After Harper steals Bat's gun, money, and horse, Bat tests his great skill at tracking fugitives.
Daphne Kaye is blackjack dealer at Bat Materson's casino when gambler George Winston breaks the bank.
