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IN BRIEF: From Banker Kittle in Brill's Corners, Hoppy and California learn that young Steve Henderson owes a gambling debt to Blackie Bates of the Black Deuce. Hoppy feels sorry for the young man; he recalls when his folks were killed in the Squaw Creek massacre. Old Man Henderson took the boy in. Blackie offers to forgive Steve's debt in exchange for a few hundred head of rustled cattle. Henderson tells Hopalong he's going to quit ranching, his heart's gone out of it, Steve's continually in debt. He says he plans to turn the ranch over to Steve in two days, when he turns 21. Hoppy and California join the drive, and persuade Steve not to participate in the rustling. Hoppy urges Steve to confront Bates. Steve insists the debts are phony. Then they race to the ranch to get there before Bates, who plans to tell Henderson about the debt. At the ranch, they hear shots and find Bates dead at the hand of Kittle. Hoppy explains that he put blanks in Bates' gun, and that Kittle hid in the closet until he heard shots. He was sure Bates had killed Henderson, so he then shot Bates, who was in cahoots with him. (Swart)
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