Gentlemen with Guns

After receiving a letter from his friend Fuzzy Q. Jones, Billy Carson rushes to his aid. When he arrives at Fuzzy's place, Billy spots a thick cloud of smoke surrounding the house, and believing that it is on fire, throws water inside, only to learn that the smoke comes from a batch of burnt biscuits. Fuzzy then tells Billy that he has decided to sell some of his farm land to families who want to settle in the valley, but rancher McAllister, who wants to buy his water rights, is determined to prevent settlers from moving in. Later, Fuzzy shocks Billy when he announces that he plans to marry Matilda Boggs, a woman he met through a lonely hearts correspondence. Just then, McAllister and one of his henchmen break into the house and start to beat Fuzzy for not complying with their orders. Billy and Fuzzy overcome them, and send them away, but they vow to return. Later, McAllister tells the sheriff that Fuzzy is rustling his cattle. Meanwhile, Slade, one of McAllister's hands, visits Fuzzy, pretending to want to buy some land. While they are talking, an unseen assailant shoots Slade. McAllister arrives just in time to see Fuzzy standing over the body, and he is arrested for murder. Unknown to both Fuzzy and the sheriff, Slade was only pretending to be dead. While Fuzzy is in jail, Matilda arrives on the stagecoach, and Billy meets her. Believing that the handsome Billy is Fuzzy, Matilda greets him enthusiastically, but Billy clears up the confusion and drives her to Fuzzy's farm. Desperate to join the beautiful Matilda, whom he has seen from the jail window, Fuzzy escapes. At the farm, Fuzzy tells Matilda that he was framed for murder and has been in jail. Although she pretends to be sympathetic, Matilda is only interested in Fuzzy's money. In the morning, Billy joins Fuzzy in the foothills, where he is hiding from the sheriff, who had pursued him to the farm. One of McAllister's men sees them together and shoots at Fuzzy. Billy pursues the gunman and questions him about the frame-up, but the sheriff intervenes. Later, Matilda visits McAllister and offers to sell him the farm after Fuzzy is hanged. Billy begins to distrust Matilda when he sees her riding from the direction of McAllister's ranch. Planning to marry Fuzzy before he is hanged, Matilda asks him to leave his hiding place. In the meantime, Slade, who has become smitten with Matilda, visits her and asks her to marry him. When Fuzzy arrives, he sees Slade leave and hurries to tell Billy. While Billy chases him, the Justice of the Peace arrives to perform the marriage ceremony, but Billy, who has lost Slade, returns in time to stop the wedding. Hoping to protect Fuzzy from Matilda, Billy returns his friend to jail. McAllister sees them arrive, and believing that Matilda has accomplished her part of the deal, rouses a lynch mob. Meanwhile, Billy rides to McAllister's, finds Slade and brings him to town just in time to prevent the lynching. Fuzzy then beats up McAllister and buys everyone else a drink. Later, Billy and Fuzzy watch Matilda leave town on the stage.