In the 1870s Bat owns the Frontier Palace casino in Wichita, Kansas. He has extended $2,000 credit to the Bassett brothers who are Marshals on a Saturday afternoon. They can't pay it off until Monday when the bank opens. A cowboy brings the news that the Clements clan has driven a herd in to sell. Rod Clements who is ramrodding the outfit is in a blood feud with the Bassett family. This has Bat worried about collecting the $2,000 he is owed so he tries to prevent a clash by asking the Bassetts to avoid them but they refuse. His next attempt is to ride out to the Clements camp. There he finds Rod ready for a fight but the Clements brothers more interested in finding an education for their eighteen year sister Louise. Bat agrees to take her to a family in Wichita. That evening when he takes her to his casino for dinner she meets Clark Bassett. They immediately take a common interest in each other but they don't know each other's last name. Bat lets Clark take Louise home but it leads to a showdown with Rod putting Bat's money at risk.
—Anonymous