And he was right.

One day, in a saloon that used to stand on that hill over there, Dan had a fight--his first fight--with a man who had struck him across the mouth for no good reason.

That man was Jim Silent.

Of course you've heard of him ?" "Never." "He was a famous long-rider--an outlaw with a very black record.

At the end of that fight he struck Dan down with a chair and escaped.