Matt (James Arness) comes to the rescue of Chen (Keye Luke), a inarticulate, impoverished Chinese cook who is being taunted by a pair of lowlifes named Rabb (Robert Gist) and Braden (Devlin McCarthy). The discovery that Chen speaks perfect English when not in public is almost as surprising to Matt as the revelation that the man may have a fortune salted away in a treasure box. When, later on, Rabb and Braden humiliate Chen by cutting off his pigtail, the tradition-bound Oriental threatens to kill both men if they don't return his precious possession immediately. Only after much blood is shed does Matt discover another curious fact about the enigmatic Mr. Chen. This episode is based on the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of July 19, 1954. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi