"Hashknife Hartley and his partner, Sleepy Stevens, ride over the hill once more and find themselves confronted by mystery and danger. The trouble actually began 20 years earlier when three men robbed the Santa Dolores stage and found themselves loaded not with gold, but with the care of two hungry babies. All the characters in that prologue come once more upon the stage when Hashknife and Sleepy ride down to Willow Wells and get a job at the Pelllier Ranch, which means also the job of straightening out the 20-year-old tangle."--P. [4] of cover.