The Rifleman #10

When a woman from his past, Nell Dorne, arrives in North Fork, Lucas McCain is pulled back into a web of old friendships and dangerous secrets. As Nell forms a bond with his son Mark, a sudden attack leaves her wounded and her bag—containing the proceeds from Dan Dorne’s bank robbery—missing. With Dan Dorne now back in town and threatening those who stand in his way, Lucas must confront the past he’s tried to leave behind.

In a tense showdown on the frontier, bounty hunter Jerry Reed is ambushed by the notorious outlaw Tad Stone. With Stone claiming to be the captured criminal and Reed insisting on his identity, the local Sheriff finds himself caught between two conflicting accounts. As the pair are jailed awaiting the arrival of the Marshall from Montana, a dangerous game of deception unfolds—where loyalty is questioned and every move could be a trap.

In "The Young Runaway," a lost little girl named Polly Burt arrives at the McCain ranch, where Mark McCain takes her in. When two riders from a wagon train arrive asking about a missing girl, Mark stays silent—protecting her. As tensions rise in town, Marshall Micah Torrance and Wagon Train Master Wheeler seek help in finding her, unaware she’s already been welcomed by the Wileys, who decide to adopt her after learning her troubling past.

In "Runaway from Somewhere," the story of Charley Parker unfolds—a woman who spent thirty years driving stagecoaches under a man’s name, her identity hidden in plain sight across the frontier. Her life, lived in disguise, remains a quiet mystery until the moment her truth is revealed.