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Mason Ward, a former soldier, wants to leave the war behind and find new work. He is hired as the school teacher and finds one of his students obsessed with discovering gold in the area.

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    • Author: Anayanis
    "Mason Ward" (Rory Calhoun) seems to be a bitter man. He better lighten up a little bit since he just got a job as the school teacher of young kids in a small Wyoming town but the Civil War did numbers on his mind. He's tired of hateful people and seems mad at the world. Can he chill out and start a new life with a new attitude?

    What exactly is going to be the story in here? One wonders as one views the first few minutes as the kids and town folks welcome this made with open arms, particularly a young boy who trusts his new teacher with his gold.

    Well, without spoiling things it turned out to be a pretty nice story with a neat twist to it, which is why I don't want to say too much about this episode. I'll just say it finishes a lot different than it starts.

    This is the kind of intelligent storytelling I'm beginning to expect (and appreciate) out of this great, old television series. Host Dick Powell was no dummy and he had some good writers writing the material on these weekly half-hour shows.
  • Episode complete credited cast:
    Rory Calhoun Rory Calhoun - Mason Ward
    Barbara Eiler Barbara Eiler - Peg Saunders
    Bobby Clark Bobby Clark - Howie Saunders
    Parley Baer Parley Baer - Mayor Homer Bellam
    Dabbs Greer Dabbs Greer - Simon Marsh
    Denver Pyle Denver Pyle - John Baker
    Arthur Space Arthur Space - Lee Rabin
    Dick Powell Dick Powell - Himself - Host
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