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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: isn't it?"
"That's the unwritten law for the bad man, but I notice it
doesn't seem to satisfy y'u, my friend. Y'u and I know that my
cousin, Ned Bannister, doesn't acknowledge any law, written or
unwritten. He's a devil and he has no fear. Didn't he kidnap her
before?"
"He surely would never dare touch those young ladies. But--I
don't know. Bann, I guess we better roll along toward the Lazy D
country, after all."
"I think so." Ned looked at his friend with smiling drollery. "I
thought y'u smoked your troubles away, Jim. This one seems to
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