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Vocabulary level: Upper-intermediate · Flesch–Kincaid grade 5 · 662 sentences
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Subjects: Murder — Investigation — Fiction · Texas — Fiction · Texas Rangers — Fiction · Western stories
Words worth knowing: jag · stub · sombrero · slump · wheeze · dune · canteen · slick
By EUGENE CUNNINGHAM Author of “Beginners’ Luck,” “The Hermit of Tigerhead Butte,” etc.
A bullet six inches from his head warned Ware’s Kid that he was “warmer” in his search for the killer of Eph Carson, but even then he did not suspect how soon he was to reach the surprising end of the long trail.
Ware’s Kid jogged into Dallas, coming from Austin pursuant to special orders of the adjutant general, which covered the proposed capture or burial of one Dell Spreen, who was charged with murder and robbery down El Paso way.
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