Once a man could swing a wide loop and build up a herd from the mavcricks that roamed the Texas brush. A lot of men became cattle kings in a hurry. But Reb Kittredge came along too late. He was supposed to be satisfied with forty a month and found. Then Reb decided he'd play for bigger stakes. He'd sell his gun-skill to the highest bidder. That was what brought him to Sleeping Cat Basin, whore Gault Telford offered the biggest stake of all. This quick-trigger job represented just one stepping stone in the crossing of a wide creek for Reb Kittredge — until a desperate woman bargained for his six-gun with her beauty.