By and by Slade dared to employ a man whom Jules had once discharged.

Next, Slade seized a team of stage-horses which he accused Jules of having driven off and hidden somewhere for his own use.
War was declared, and for a day or two the two men walked warily about the streets, seeking each other, Jules armed with a double-barreled shot gun, and Slade with his history-creating revolver.

Finally, as Slade stepped into a store Jules poured the contents of his gun into him from behind the door.

Slade was plucky, and Jules got several bad pistol wounds in return.
Then both men fell, and were carried to their respective lodgings, both swearing that better aim should do deadlier work next time.

Both were bedridden a long time, but Jules got to his feet first, and gathering his possessions together, packed them on a couple of mules, and fled to the Rocky Mountains to gather strength in safety against the day of reckoning.