Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Union army officer Captain John Hayes is asked to take charge of Overland stagecoach line, Fact2: eastbound gold shipments from California aid Union 's war effort, Fact3: Rod Miller and Miller 's wife has lost arm, Fact4: Clay Putnam is working for Confederacy, Fact5: Mace 's men pick fight with Miller calling and raising Jeannie 's ire
Output (English): In 1864, Union army officer Captain John Hayes is asked to take charge of the Overland stagecoach line, which makes eastbound gold shipments from California that aid the Unions war effort. Hayes travels to Overland headquarters in his hometown of Julesburg, Colorado. He meets a Union soldier, Rod Miller, who has lost an arm, and Millers wife, Jeannie. Clay Putnam has quit his position with Overland and is now secretly working for the Confederacy. He has the support of a quickdraw bandit, Mace, and also has married Hayes former love, Norma. Maces men pick a fight with the onearmed Miller, calling him half a man and raising Jeannies ire. Rod is distraught at his condition, unable to even cock a pistol now. Hayes decides to ask the Millers if they would agree to run the local Overland station out of their farm. Mace wants to kill Hayes, but is talked out of it by Putnam, who fears the Unions response. He orders Maces men to destroy Overlands stations and property instead and steal its deliveries of gold. Putnam is jealous of Hayes, though, believing Norma is still interested in him. He orders his men to avoid bloodshed. But one of his men however, decides to try and kill Hayes, and mistakes Rod for Hayes and shoots the wrong man. Mace drives a stagecoach off a cliff, killing passengers, including women and children. A disgusted Norma decides to leave Putnam and warns she will see him hang if anything should happen to Hayes. A final confrontation in town results in townspeople offering Hayes their help. Putnam also comes looking for Mace to stop him from killing Hayes, but is shot, whereupon Mace is killed by Hayes. Norma hopes to rekindle Hayes love for her, but he appears more likely to have a future with Jeannie.