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Governing timber dispute ends in midnight tragedy
A legal and criminal tangle over Hazel Fork timber rights pits Mrs. Morgan, Wills, and a corrupt group against Wallace Withers. Tom Pruitt escapes, Withers is shot, and dawn finds Tom’s fate and a fragile plan for reform among Virgie Morgan, Branford Wills, and Lucy Daniels.
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Branford Wills
Hooper
Wills
Mr. Hooper
Washington
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Wallace Withers
Mr. Withers
United States
Withers
National Park
Lucy
Stanley Daniels
Mrs. Morgan
Sam
Stanley
Marian
Mar- Virgie
Tom
Len
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Frank Ven Seminllep
Moth
Wallace
David Morgan
Tom Pruitt
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David
Virgie Morgan
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