Matt (James Arness) and Chester (Dennis Weaver) answer a distress call from Holly Hawtree (Gloria Talbott) the teenage daughter of a rancher (Joe De Santis) suffering from a severe leg injury. According to Holly, her dad was accidentally hurt shortly after their hired man Ben Walling (Wright King) ran off with their buckboard, and thus she is unable to bring the old man to Dodge for proper medical treatment. Only after Matt has been forced to amputate Mr. Hawtree's gangrenous leg does he learn the whole truth about his "accident." This episode is based on the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of September 9, 1952. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi