McEwen then runs to catch and board the train. Inside he goes in to a bathroom to look at the bite. The porter sees his bloody arm and calls for Fay Hollister (Frances Dee) a nurse on her way to a new job in Alamagordo. He tells her that a rattlesnake bit him and he already bled the wound himself, which sounds like he's done it before. She cleans and bandages the wound and tells him he may feel sick but it's a natural reaction. But he has a different kind of natural reaction - he falls for the nurse. But at least he has no more problems with the wound. The snakebite was just an excuse for him to meet Fay on the train and set off the love story part of the movie. It's a snakebite meet cute.

Later we see him seated next to Fay on the train. She is taking his pulse or something, and tells him he's going to live. She tells him she is from the East which she prefers to the West, which has noting but "...rocks and desert and hills with no trees." He tells her the West has a lot of beautiful... but she cuts him off and says "rattlesnakes?" which he can't argue with so he shuts up. Actually, she's right without knowing it. The West does have a lot of beautiful rattlesnakes - 16 different species to be exact.

That's it for the snake business. The rest of the movie involves him trying not to get caught by the posse, while getting caught by a pretty nurse.