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"That's an 'A' lookin' at it straight up an' from the right side, like
this, just reversin' it. But when you turn it this way, it's the Bar X:
"An' there's a bunch of your steers with the brand on them that way.
I'll have to take charge of the herd until the thing is cleared up!"
Sanderson's lips took on a straight line; the color left his face.
Here was authority--that law with which he had unaccountably clashed on
several occasions during his stay at the Double A. Yet he knew
that--as on those other occasions--the law was operating to the benefit
of his enemies.
However, he did not now suspect Silverthorn and the others of setting
the law upon him. The Double A men might have been careless with their
branding, and it was unfortunate that he had been forced by the closing
of the Okar market to drive his cattle over a range upon which were
cattle bearing a brand so startlingly similar to his.
His men were silent, watching him with set faces. He knew they would
stand behind him in any trouble that might occur.
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