Episode 17 aired January 10, 1954 on the NBC Radio Network. An oldtimer prospector named Hiram strikes it rich. Britt Ponsett uses his guns in a gunfight and gets shot at the assay office during a holdup. Britt’s horse Scar was able finish the eight miles of prairie between the hills and Clay City. It was over six months since their last visit to Clay City and surely Scar couldn’t be remembering the filly at the livery, but something sure was encouraging him to move onwards.