Shanks is evicted from his rented ranch, loses his cattle and wife to another man. He goes to Colorado to pan for gold. He meets up with Buddy Ebsen, he convinces him to return to Dodge. They come into town with three heavy sacks of ""gold"", actually sand. They deposit them in the bank. Those that took his ranch and cattle fall all over themselves to return them. Shanks tries to throw them out of his house, but he has a heart attack and dies. Shanks willed everything to Ebsen. He doesn't want it, and signs it over to Matt, and tells him to give back after they have learned their lesson.
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