"When Ben Sladeen had come to Two Mile and taken a job as ramrod of the Barbed Wire spread, he had intended to start a new life, with nothing to remind him of the old days in New Orleans when he had been carefree and in love until the King brothers and Curly Temper had shattered the idyll. Then Temper bought a ranch adjoining the Barbed Wire and set out once more to foil and frustrate Sladeen. With John Cross, Ben's boss, in no condition to defend himself, Ben had to resort to trickery in order to protect his employer. When Cross didn't know what he was doing, Ben had him sign a bill of sale giving Ben the ranch a to fight Temper on even and then prepared to fight Temper on even terms. It was at this point that first Vern and then Guy King showed up in Two Mile, proving that history not only repeats itself, but sometimes does so with the same actors"-- Provided by publisher.
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