- A lost circus with an elephant and lion is scaring the herd and horses. Favor sends Wishbone to guide the circus to their destination. Wishbone becomes involved in a fiery romantic triangle as he guides them to Brailey.
- The herd and horses are being spooked along with Mushy believing he is drunk seeing things at the waterhole. Favor rides ahead of the herd to see what is spooking them, and he discovers the source -- the scent of a stranded circus, replete with an elephant, lion, acrobats, wagons, etc. Since their scout abandoned them, to solve the problem Favor has Wishbone guide the circus to its destination, Brailey 30 miles away. Along the way Wishbone notices how the elderly owner-clown Pascal is unreasonably and violently jealous of the young acrobat's innocent interaction with Pascal's wife Jenny who is part of the acrobatic act. Everyone including Wishbone witnesses his mental and physical abuse of Jenny culminating in her driving off in Wishbone's wagon, turning it over and knocking herself out. She asks Wishbone to say she is injured so no visitors are allowed. At Brailey she plans to leave Pascal. However, Pascal catches Wishbone helping her forcing his mad jealousy to finally be resolved in the explosive conclusion.—chipe
- The cattle and horses are restless and Gil decides to stop the drive to find out what's bothering them. It turns out a small circus is traveling to a nearby town to perform, and the herd smells it's elephant and lion. The circus is lost after their Gide deserts them and Gil decides to send Wishbone with a wagon to guide them to the town and away from the drive. The leader of the circus is Pascal who performs as a clown. He is married to the beautiful Jenny, a much younger tightrope walker. His jealousy causes problems and violence between them. Dario, another circus performer is trying to persuade Jenny to run away with him. Jenny decides to leave Pascal when they reach the town and take a stage back east. She asks Wishbone for his assistance. Pretending to be recovering from an injury, Jenny rents a room in a hotel to rest and wait for the stagecoach and sends Wishbone back to the circus wagon to retrieve her belongings. He is discovered by Pascal who knocks Wishbone unconscious and takes his gun. He hurries to Jenny's hotel room and finds her there with Dario. Pascal and Dario fight and the gun is dropped. Shorty arrives and fearing Pascal is killing Dario he picks up and fires the gun and Pascal is severely wounded. Jenny has decided not to leave him and Wishbone removes the bullet and stops the bleeding. Jenny and Dario go to take part in the show along with the other performers. Pascal decides to don his clown outfit for one final performance knowing that it will cost him his life, but ultimately free Jenny from his jealousy.
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