Two from Tennessee

W.D. and Jesse, cousins from the back hills of Tennessee, head to Missouri "just to pick some cotton". Swimming the Mississippi River and being caught in a hailstorm turns out to be the easiest part of their life-changing trip.

The old sea captain they find in a pool of blood aboard the Tiptonville ferry is alive, but barely! He''s been robbed of a magnificent diamond necklace. As his life hangs in...