Johnny settles in to his new life in Alabama with the Jennisons and meets Will’s extended family.

The Jennisons meet Judge King. It looks like Johnny’s adoption won’t be a problem.

The Jennisons—with both twins—travel to Colombia Tennessee to try to arrange Johnny’s adoption with the court there.

The reunion. Linc and Johnny part.

When the Jennisons don’t find Linc and Johnny at the plantation, they plan a search with the help of Mrs. Jennison’s pilot brother, Todd

Johnny and Linc plan to meet Mr. Webb and the Jennisons at the plantation but Linc becomes deathly ill.

Mr. Webb calls the Jennisons to tell them Johnny has been found. And the Jennisons travel on the train to Savannah to meet Mr. Webb.

Having been threatened by Bobby Scagg, Linc and Johnny worry about what Scagg will do. Johnny starts to teach Linc to read. Bobby Scagg comes in the night to burn down Linc’s little house. Johnny and Linc plan to contact Mr. Webb, Linc’s employer.

Will kill’s a rattlesnake and, by mistake, scares Jenny May with it. Then he finds his mother, Ali Jennison, crying and learns about a sadness in her past.

After discovering an attempted break in at the Webb plantation, where Linc is the caretaker, Linc and Johnny spend the night at the plantation and have a confrontation with Bobby Scagg.