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at the time he was no longer sheriff and too proud to take the deputy job, so she took one as a clerk at the freight office. Before the wagon heads out of the station, with
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freight office. Stride has been tracking and killing the seven men who performed the robbery, and
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Greer arrives in town without the gold, telling Bodeen that Stride has it, and as he walks down the street toward the sheriff's office, Bodeen guns him down. The last two bandits, Bodeen and Clint, ride out to confront Stride. Stride shoots Clint but Bodeen is killed by
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