as the bullit head reached  behind his collar coalys knarled hands fell onto the bullits heads throat in a vise like grip. as the struggle continued coaly pushed him back  onto his back in the booth. at the same time the man at the bar had stood up and was pointing a pistol at coalys back. but before he could fire a roar came from behind him and as he fell forward ralstons tall lean frame was standing in the door , a 45 caliber service pistol in hand. seeing the tall indian the bar tender had instantly pulled a 12 gauge pump from under the bar and a nano second after Ralston had saved coalys back he paid the price with a blast from the shot gun, throwing him back into the street on his back. the bar tender jacked another round and was swinging toward sam when sams first round caught him square center mass staggering him backwards. the second round took the bar tender between the eyes and as he fell backwards the shotgun roared harmlessly into the ceiling. on pulling the trigger on the second round sam felt a knock to his right shin and he fell to a kneeling position looking to his right , the farmer was backed against the wall in the booth , a small caliber pistol in his hand aiming at sam. coaly had crushed the bullit heads trachea and slid to the floor and pool of blood was collecting under him.  before sam could turn on the farmer a rolling sound of thunder came from the back of the room . eppi Moreno had come into the back door and walked into the mele, seeing the farmer in the process of shooting sam he had triggered four rounds that plowed ragged holes into the farmers chest, slamming him into the wall behind him. a shocked look of surprise was frozen on the sheepmans face as he died. sam slid across the floor to coaly and drug him from under the table. as he rolled over on his back coaly smilled up and whispered " sneaky bastard had A KNIFE."  sam pulled a bandanna from his hip pocket and pushed it into the wound in coalys side.
  eppi Moreno was assaying the carnage when the sirens sounded out side. he pulled his badge from his pocket, holstered his weapon and walked out side to ralstons still form.  seeing his friend and deputy dead he turned and returned to the bar. walking past the cowboy in the floor he saw one single round had caught the man square in the back , severing his spine between the shoulder blades and entering the heart. the bar tender lay on his back behind the bar, the shot gun beside him, a blue hole between his eyes  that stared up at the ceiling.  just as eppi reached sam and coaly the local police tipped toed in the front door stepping over the carnage. a ambulance screeched to a halt outside and emts pour out of the cab. people were gathering in a crowd out side and the numbness in sams leg was turning to a searing pain. eppi sat down on the floor next to sam and grimly looked at the two men then at the farmer and the bullit head.
  " well, I guess we made sissy a real orphan and one hell of a mess in the making. "