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Old Timer recounts Mississippi river frontier vigilante tale
An aging river trader recalls wintering on a lowland houseboat below Donaldsonville. After trading and settling, his nephew is killed by a tramp gang, who steal his gear and leave a warning. He vows vengeance as law proves unable to reach the renegades.
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