Part 2: Chapters 42-45 Summary

Call and Gus ride into San Antonio to find a new wagon and cook. They secure a wagon almost immediately, purchase a couple of mules to get it back to camp, and Augustus agrees to drive them to the herd under the condition that they have a meal and a drink first. They head for the Buckhorn saloon, which is owned by an old friend named Willie Montgomery. The young bartender tells them that they should have brushed off the trail dirt before they came in, and then puts whiskeys in front of them, and Gus throws a ten dollar piece on the bar. The bartender grabs it just as Gus takes hold of his head and smashes his face into the bar. He then holds his Colt to the bartender's head and tells him that they also require...