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An up and coming Highway Patrol Officer, Mark Reynolds, stops a car and is assaulted by the driver. The driver takes the keys from the patrol car and speeds off. Reynolds draws his gun and although he evidently has a clear shot at the driver he does not fire. Later that day Reynolds hands in his resignation to Mathews without giving any explanation. Mathews doesn't want to lose this officer and tries to find a reason for the unexpected resignation. While visiting Reynolds' home Mathews meets Reynolds' father who has suffered a number of strokes. The old man goes on endlessly about how wonderful his late son Bill was - a real hero, a real doer. Of course, the steadfast happily married Mark is boring and the subject of the father's scorn. It's an old story but probably all too often a true one. The upshot is that Bill isn't dead (Mark told his Dad that when he thought his Dad wouldn't last longer because of a stroke) but a felon who escaped from a military jail; Bill could not shoot his brother and that is why he thinks he should resign. The story ends in a logical way. One wonders what the father ended up thinking about Bill's adventuresome ways. And about Mark...