Plot

Duke comes across Malachi Hobart, a preacher dedicating his life to his fellow man, and is impressed with his charitable works. However, he begins to believe that the pastor is in fact a con artist who is using religion to swindle people.

Chris has sent Duke to scout a new pass through rough territory. When duke breaks the cinch on his saddle, he is grateful when he comes across the campfire of Malachi Hobart who feeds him and repairs his saddle the next morning. Hobart sounds like a preacher who has his faith in the Lord so he has few cares other than helping his fellow man. Duke continues on to a nearby town where he looks up the older couple George and Martha Gresham who he knows. Martha is home but tells Duke that George is assumed to have drowned in a flash flood while fishing as only his boat was found. She was thankful Malachi Hobart wondered into the area at that time. He was a great comfort to her and preformed a service for her since they had no funeral as there was no body. Not only did she give Hobart the $300 life savings her and George collected so that Hobart would pray George, who had a less than sterling reputation, into heaven. Hobart also raised over $1000 in town during a service. As Martha and Duke sit down to eat a knock on the door reveals George, alive and well, when Martha opens it and then faints. George had nearly drown but went on a bender with the drovers who saved him. Upset at learning their money is gone, Duke tells them he can get their money back. Hobart gives up the money but ropes Duke into a con-game with a fake machine to find gold. Duke stops the con and rescues Hobart who then decides to join the Hale wagon train but Duke exposes him for the fraud he is - or is he.—Anonymous