Harlow’s gaze dropped to Slade’s cartridge belts…

Two-gun man, eh? he said. Reckon the Bowmans brought you in to do their fighting for them. Just want to tell you that’ll be a hefty chore even for – Walt Slade!

There was a stir at the bar as Harlow pronounced the last two words. Men turned from their drinks to stare. Dealers looked up from their cards. Poker players seemed to forget the hands, they held. Even the bartenders paused over their bottles to regard with awe the almost legendary lawman whose exploits were the talk of Texas and the Southwest.

Here was the man who backed down Doc Holliday, Curly Bill Brocius and even Wyatt Earp.

No one in the bar knew Slade to be a Texas Ranger, but to a man they could guess that his appearance in town meant excitement – and even death!