Big John Cannon called his younger brother at him.
“Buck, you know that Victoria is with her father”, said the owner of the High Chaparral.
Buck looked at him and answered, “I only know that far too well. You walk around for days like a dog who has lost his favorite toy.”
John pretended if he hadn’t heard the answer of Buck and asked, “I want that you go and get Victoria. I would rather do it myself but I expect important visit tomorrow. So my request is: would you like to get Victoria?”
“Actually I wanted to go to the saloon with Sam for a bit of fun …”, began Buck.
Sam was the foreman Sam Butler.
But John said, “Buck, if you do this for me you have my permission to stay at the saloon in Tucson for a whole week and to have as much as fun as you want.”
Now Buck was won over because he said, “I would go and count my money already of I was you.”
He went away laughing.
After 4 days Buck arrived at the Sonora ranch. The youngest Cannon brother decided not to tell why he came to get Victoria and not her husband. From experience he knew how fierce she could react sometimes.
“Dear Victoria, how nice to see you again”, Buck said laughing a bit sheepish.
“Buck, where is John?”, Victoria asked amazed.
“John? John who?”, Buck asked teasing.
“My husband and your older brother! That John!”, Victoria said a bit fiercer than she actually meant.
Buck pretended as he was thinking for a second and said then, “Oh that John. He waits at home for you.”
“Shall we go then?”, Victoria said now a bit calmer.
Her luggage got loaded up on the wagon and they went on their way home.
When they were almost home they heard shots coming from the rocks. Buck put the wagon under closed bushes and helped his sister-in-law off it.
“We can hide there”, Buck said pointing at a ruin.
They ran to it and went to sit behind a wall. Victoria was scared to death and began to rage in Spanish to Buck who of course couldn’t understand and so not follow it either.
“Victoria, You know that I’m crazy about you but also that I only understand a few words of Spanish. So go over in English so that I can follow it too”, said the rancher.
His words made that Victoria became a bit calmer.
“Don’t you worry, Victoria. I will make sure that we get away safe here”, said Buck.
“You ought to, Buck Cannon!”, said his sister-in-law.
Buck wanted to say something but saw then 3 bandits coming up to him and Victoria.
“So having a cozy trip together? Now I will have to tell you that the trip has ended here”, said Jake Carlton.
He was the leader of the bandit threesome. The other members were his younger brothers who were just like Jake not all too bright in their behavior.
“Jake, shall we shoot him and take her along? Then she can do the housekeeping and cook for us”, Rick suggested.
“Plus wash our dirty socks”, said the youngest Carlton brother who listened to the name of Fred.
Jake nodded and pointed his revolver at Buck.
“If you shoot down my husband you must not only look after me but also for our yet unborn child + our 5 children who must then miss their great father”, said Victoria.
She gave Buck a quick wink so that he could keep his mouth shut and did that too.
“We are not going to look after a woman with 5 children. So you can leave again”, said Jake.
Then Fred made the fatal mistake by shooting at Buck which he had to pay for with a bullet via his brothers. This ended in a shooting party between Jake and Rick who both didn’t survive it.
“Victoria, they are dead. So do you want to stay here or are you coming to the High Chaparral?”, Buck asked after he had looked at the gang members.
“Of course I go along! You don’t think that I really want to stay in this ruin? Or do you Buck Cannon?”, asked Victoria.
It seemed to Buck not to give an answer. So he went with his sister-in-law to the wagon to go home with that.
Arrived at home John was very glad to see his wife again. Other way around it was also the case. Of course Victoria noticed that the brothers had made a deal.
Thus she asked, “John Cannon, with which excuse have you had Buck picked me up?”
John looked at Buck and the last one asked, “You are together again so John, you probably find it okay if I live the upcoming 7 days in the saloon of Tucson?”
Yet before John and/or Victoria could give an answer Buck had disappeared again.
“I had promised him that he was allowed to be in the saloon if he would come to get you. On me”, John explained.
“Then I would hope that it won’t become a huge bill. But knowing Buck that will be the case”, reacted Victoria.
They laughed and Victoria was glad that she was at the High Chaparral again where she belonged.