Sheriff Jimjohn was a bit twitchy. Today the stagecoach would bring the wages for the railwaymen and he had gathered his deputies to protect their little town Dingstown in Texas from any kind of bandits and other vagabonds.
Would the reckless Mexican bandits show up? Who are the strangers that arrived yesterday in town? Why does the Marshal in Waco not respond to his request for reinforcements?
But they were prepared. Let's see what the day brings.