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He found it practically iitive

with the quiet man in his office chair at Haverly, the man as or

was not Judson Clark He lay on a bank at noon and faced the situation

squarely, while his horse, hobbled, grazed with grotesque little forward

justone was Clark, or he

was the unknown occasional visitor at the Livingstone Ranch If he

were Clark, and if that could be proved, there were two courses open to

Bassett He could denounce hi

the big story of his career Or he could let things stand From a

professional standpoint the first course attracted hian to hate it The last few days had shed a new light on Judson

Clark He had been immensely popular; there wereto save hiant, but

he had also been generous He had been "a good kid," until liberty and

ot hold of him There had been more than one man in the sheriff's

posse who hadn't wanted to find him