Mr. Edwards' Homecoming

What happens

On a trip to Mankato, Charles stumbles onto his old Kansas friend Isaiah Edwards in the middle of a drunken bar fight. He hauls Edwards home to Walnut Grove, and soon Edwards has steady work and a reason to stay.

That reason is Grace Snider, the town's postmistress, whom Edwards begins to court. Things look bright until Edwards' old pain and his drinking catch up with him, and the romance stalls. Charles has to decide how far loyalty to a friend can go, while Edwards decides whether he can let anyone get close again.