Marshal Bluff Luton is out for one thing and one thing only-vengeance. Toad and Jasper Jessup were spotted in Wichita County, and Luton aims to make sure they never show their faces anywhere again. But the Jessup boys have hired a professional gunslinger who is no ordinary hired gun. A talkative, congenial man, he sits in a corner of the train, his steely grey eyes boring into the back of Luton's head, waiting for just the right killing time.