Earl Stump, 1st Sergeant, US Cavalry, stood with his back to the room. He leaned against the bar, resting on one arm while lifting his drink with the other. Three malicious looking men eyed the man standing at the bar in the Red Rooster saloon. “I"m a gonna gut that son-of-a-b***h,” the big one said to the others. The big man stood up and drew a heavy bladed knife from a scabbard attached to his belt. The assassin advanced on the unsuspecting1st Sergeant and prepared to thrust his blade into the back of his victim. From out of nowhere, a chair crashed down on the big man"s head, dropping him like a shot deer.
Earl Stump jerked around to face the commotion. The big man"s friends charged the tall man with the broken chair in his hand. Earl grabbed a bottle from the bar to use as a weapon. B
