This portrait is of Salem and Jesse, after the action. Both are beaten, bloody and bruised, and Salem is totally spent. But his burly friend is determined that "we are going to walk off this battlefield!" so helps Salem to comply.

Sometimes, after we have been knocked down and drug through every knot-hole on the fence, we need a friend who is a little bit stronger to pick us up and set us back on our feet. Salem's friend Jesse is just such a man. [Click to enlarge.]

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