Two-Gun Lil's father, Sage City's lawman, Sheriff Sam Peters, told Lil at a young age to "keep shootin', honey. Some day those six guns may turn out to be the only friends you got!" After graduating Ladies Seminary in Boston, Lil receives a telegram stating her father was killed by a bushwacker. Lil returns to Sage City, vowing revenge on her father's killers. Deputy Bob Cross meets Lil at the stagecoach, informing her some of Garson Cade's men are likely suspects for Sam Peters's murderers.