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Left to die by his greedy partner Jed Lamer (Grant Withers) in the wintry plains outside Dodge City, elderly buffalo hunter Ira Puckett (Edgar Stehli) manages to survive the ordeal thanks to Doc (Milburn Stone). Unfortunately, Ira's legs have been permanently damaged by the below-zero weather and he is unable to find work. Matt (James Arness) is sympathetic, but he can do little to help Ira, nor has he any legal grounds to arrest Lamer. A happy ending may not be in the cards for old Ira in this melancholy episode, adapted from the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of January 1, 1956.