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Busted Nose Farm Siege Ends as Cotton Posse Attacks
In Payneville the Cottons defend a barn against Monte Jarrad ally led attackers as Lester Cotton falls from a rifle shot. Melody Jones Cherry and Fury hide amid hay bales while gunfire rages, aiming to hold the barn and delay pursuit through darkness.
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Melody Jones
George Fury
Payneville
Melody
Monte Jarrad
Monte
Cherry
Luke Packer
Fury
Cotton
Cherry de Longpre
George
Virgil Browning
Lee Gledhill
Avery
Lee
Virg
Fever Crick de Longpre
Lester Cotton
Fever Crick
Crick
Homer Cotton
Californy
Cottons
Harry Henshaw