Young Eagle #4

Young Eagle pursues a fugitive named Cannon through the Smooth Range, using a twisted pine as a landmark to locate the outlaw's hideout. When gunfire erupts and Cannon flees on horseback, Young Eagle's mount Thunder is spooked and throws him over a cliff, leaving the scout in mortal danger as the story promises salvation through miraculous courage in the next chapter. Later, Young Eagle rescues Cannon from a burning stable, and Cannon reveals that he had been forced into crime by Thomas, the secret leader of a gang who held a mortgage on Cannon's ranch and threatened to foreclose unless Cannon assisted them—making Young Eagle's act of saving his rival a pivotal moment in uncovering the true villain.