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His sister handed the Avalanche to her niece. Arlie found the

article and began to read:

"A dastardly outrage occurred three miles from Gimlet Butte last

night. While on their way home from the trial of the well-known

Three Pines sheep raid case, a small party of citizens were

attacked by miscreants presumed to be from the Cedar Mountain

country. How many of these there were we have no means of

knowing, as the culprits disappeared in the mountains after

murdering William Faulkner, a well-known sheep man, and wounding

Tom Long."

There followed a lurid account of the battle, written from the

point of view of the other side. After which the editor paid his

respects to Fraser, though not by name.