 Governor Bradford of California dispatches a letter to President Grant. He requests assistance, and Grant obliges by dispatching his two top agents, West and Gordon. It seems there is a conspiracy to take over the state government and the governor needs protection to stay alive long enough to discover and punish the perpetrators. But as time goes by and attempts are made against the agents  lives and not the governor s, Jim begins to smell a rat. There s something about the painting that hangs on the wall behind the governor s desk, and when Jim realizes what it is, he instantly knows his problems are much worse than he thought.