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Charles' adventures begin as he takes his newest employee, Birch Newsome, on a tour of his hotels and food stores.Charles discovers that his ranch managers in Moultrie, Georgia, have hired a young man whose brother and Uncle were the first serial killers of Colorado, and due to his brother and uncle being killed and spoken of cruelly, he is angry and plans to murder all the employees on the ranches in Moultrie. Charles must get there before his employees are murdered in a gruesome manner.Chalres' trip to handle an angry rancher near Kansas City that is holding up railroad track construction evolves into a major purchase and the beginning of a significant investment.Chalres' adventure continues to New York, where his daughter, Judy, attending college, has an important decision to discuss with Charles and Judith.Charles and the family return to Philadelphia, where Charles must deal with the father of a school bully at his son's school.

Charles's life progresses quietly for the next few months, and he spends more time at home with the family over the Christmas holiday. Charles' wife, Judith heals from the gunshot while carrying a child that the doctors beg her to abort. Judith refuses and signs a paper saying she will give her life to save her child. Things in Charles' life change, his businesses mature, construction is completed, and new projects begin.Clarence William Crawford will soon be graduating from Harvard Law School, and Charles is concerned about the law firms that are offering him a position. One law firm has illegal mobster connections. Charles' favorite horse, Wind-Fire has developed into a magnificent stallion and Charles can't wait to race him. Clarence had given his best friend a lot of money to keep him from being forced to quit college for lack of tuition. His father had fallen on hard times and lost his business and is in trouble of losing his home. Charles steps in to offer help.

Progress is made in Georgia and Florida. Charles puts Blank in charge of Moultrie and leaves hiring the farm hands and the family to occupy farm #2 up to Blank as a test of leadership skills.Charles has a heart-to-heart talk with Brett and helps him understand his lack of self-confidence. Soon, Brett begins performing flawlessly and impresses everyone, including Charles.Dorothy, a waitress Charles met in New York, shows up in Philadelphia for a job at the hotel's restaurant.Ghost begins to take it upon himself to expand and build in California. However, Ghost runs into problems when a man is negotiating some land he wants to buy in Los Angeles. Charles gives Ghost advice on how to handle the problem.Charles encounters a problem with a half-brother of a mob boss that he eliminated in Toledo. After dealing with this mob boss, Charles discovers one of the hit men has traveled to Red Lion, New Jersey, to kill a horse breeder and steal the farm and the animals. Charles' attorney assigns a security guard to travel with Charles to New Jersey to save the rancher's life and his breeding stock of Percheron horses.Charles' hotel and food store in Indian Springs, Nevada, is robbed, and the newly hired travel companion rides with Charles to Nevada to track the criminals down. During the trip to apprehend the criminals, Charles finds a location in Reno suitable for building and negotiates the deal while traveling to San Francisco to bear witness to the trial of the men that robbed his hotel and food store in Indian Springs.