But Helm was sure bad.

He killed for the sake of killin', but he died game.

When the boys run him down he swore on the bible that he's never killed a man, and they made him swear it over again just to watch his nerve; but he never batted an eye." The picture of that wild time grew up for Vic Gregg, and the thought of free men who laughed at the law, strong men, fierce men.

What would one of these have done if the girl he intended to marry had treated him like a foil?
"Then they got him ready for the rope," went on Lew Perkins.
"'I've seen a tolerable lot of death,' says Helm.

'I ain't afraid of it.'" "There was about six thousand folks had come in to see the end of Boone Helm.