The somnolence of Somers

Bob Somers arrives at a remote Western ranch expecting a quiet visit, but finds the owner and his riders away pursuing the notorious cattle rustler Sonora Jack. Restless for adventure despite his poor health, Somers rides toward the nearby pass, where he hopes to witness the manhunt’s dramatic conclusion. Instead, the blazing desert sun lulls him into an unexpected sleep.

His doze is shattered by the arrival of a wounded, dust-covered rider carrying a Winchester. The stranger is none other than Tubby Haines, an old friend from home—though their joyful reunion is complicated by Haines’s connection to the cattle business and his uneasy dealings with the powerful rancher. As the pursuit closes in, Somers is drawn into a dangerous situation where loyalty, old memories, and the law do not point in the same direction. This lively frontier tale follows an unlikely tenderfoot as he discovers that keeping a clear conscience may be easier than keeping on the right side of the law.