Charles is shocked to find his old friend, Colonel Markland, sitting in a bar in San Francisco while he is there introducing two brothers and their families to the farm he built. Colonel Markland advises Charles that an assassin has been hired to kill him and that President Grant has ordered him to find and kill the assassin. Trouble explodes when Charles begins finding his employees murdered, and he rushes to the farm to make sure his new tenants are safe and finds the assassin there. Charles and Judith attend Sun Bird’s graduation, and Charles invites Sun Bird and her husband, Lt. Colonel Brett Haire, to come to Philadelphia for some time off after Charles learns that Brett has been given a six-week furlough. Charles wants Brett to quit the Army and join the Crawford team, and Charles offers Brett the East Coast management position of Crawford Foods and Crawford Hotels. With six weeks’ leave coming to him, Brett and Sun Bird are convinced to travel with Charles to see what he is offering. During the visit, Brett confides to Charles the actual reason he is considering retiring from the Army.