![]() Though impressed, Marian expresses her disapproval of guns and asks Shane not to encourage Joey's interest. The next day, after Joey admits to Shane that he sneaked a peek at his gun, Shane gives the boy some pointers on how to shoot and demonstrates his skill as a marksman. Back at home, Joey gushes to Marian about his love for Shane, while Marian wrestles with her growing romantic feelings for the loner. As the homesteaders depart, Ryker vows to fight on and sends for notorious Cheyenne gunslinger Jack Wilson. Joe aids Shane in the fracas, until Grafton, fed up with the destruction, demands a halt. When Shane declines, Ryker accuses him of lusting after Marian, and despite pleas from Joey, Shane single-handedly takes on all of Ryker's men. After a grueling fistfight, Shane finally knocks out Calloway and is offered a job by Ryker. At Grafton's, Calloway again confronts Shane in the saloon, but this time, Shane throws two drinks on Calloway and slugs him. Later, having decided to stick together as a group, the homesteaders and their families go to town to shop for the next day's Fourth of July celebration. Marian reassures Joey that Shane is not a coward, but counsels him not to become too attached to him. That night, during the meeting, Joey overhears homesteader Fred Lewis, who witnessed the saloon exchange, declare that Shane did not stand up to Calloway. Shane does not react to Calloway's provocations, however, and walks out. There, Chris Calloway, one of Grafton's men, calls Shane a "sodbuster" and tosses a glass of whiskey on his new shirt. Meanwhile, in town, Shane purchases clothes at Sam Grafton's general store, then orders a soda pop in the adjoining saloon. Joe begs Ernie to stay and calls for a meeting of the homestead men that night. Soon after, homesteader Ernie Wright arrives at the Starretts' to announce that Ryker's men have destroyed his wheat field and, consequently, he and his family are moving away. Shane, who has put away his gun, agrees to remain and heads to town to buy work clothes. Later, Joey tells Shane that his parents want him to stay and innocently lets on that his father is concerned about Ryker's threats. ![]() Joe joins in and the next day, the two men team up to pull a stubborn tree stump out of the ground. Joey is thrilled to have Shane spend the evening with them, and at the end of the meal, Shane, reticent to talk about his past, goes outside to chop wood for the family. The men depart, and Joe's wife Marian, who has observed everything from inside the house, urges Joe to invite Shane to dinner. When Joe refuses, Ryker's men start to intimidate him until Shane suddenly reappears at Joe's side. The men's leader, grizzled cattle baron Rufe Ryker, accuses Joe of squatting on his grazing land and demands that he give up his homestead. ![]() Joe is disturbed by Shane's behavior and, as a group of men ride up, sends him on his way. When Joey cocks the rifle he has been toting, Shane, startled by the noise, draws his gun with the speed of a gunslinger. While playing on his Wyoming homestead, young Joey Starrett spies a lone rider approaching his house, then listens with great curiosity as Shane, the buckskin clad stranger, reveals to his father Joe that he is heading north, toward home.
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