On their way to a job offer, Earl and Jemal save a runaway wagon. Inside are a teenage boy, a young girl and their dying mother. The mother dies and Earl and Jemal help the kids bury her. They bring the kids with them to the nearest stage coach station. On their way, they are followed by two men who are bounty hunters after the children's father. The father is an escaped convict who shows up at the station to take his kids to Mexico with him. The bounty hunters show up soon after, however, and a