James Parnell

Beaver is suspended from riding the bus because he gets into a fist fight. He writes a letter of apology to the bus driver and is eventually allowed back on the bus.

Beaver reads 'Ivanhoe', one of Ward's favorite childhood stories. It gives Beaver new ideas about knighthood and chivalry, and especially about helping ladies in distress. One day Beaver gets into a fight at the bus stop trying to help a young girl he think is in trouble

A dying gunslinger attracts trouble to North Fork.

Three deserters escaped from an Army stockade to the Ponderosa. When a Captain comes looking for them, Ben realizes what they've had to deal with and promises to let his good friend in charge of that fort know the real truth.

While his stage makes a stop, Bat is arrested, charged with possession of a gun and assessed a staggering fine. When Bat learns that the local judge runs the town as a personal fiefdom, he decides to change things when a man faces hanging.

Jim is tricked into aiding a plot to assassinate President Jackson.