四十.[支枪

　　Grif
$^f Bonnell and his brothers W \es and@* Chico ar+$ ]rive in ]+:a
\n /(Ariz@@ona ^*tow n. H\-e is a re?f o+
rmed gunslin_/[-g+er, now ;workin:`g for t._=he Attorney Gen..-e^*_ral$&#
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 o?#f^f^(#ice, ^`looking_ t,[o $_`?arr^+[est H`#-owa+rd Swain for mail ro,!bb ery.　　Swain is o,`ne of landowner Jessica@= Drumm]ond’s 40 hired guns. She runs -`the territory with an @.+iron ^fi?s:t, permitti$%\?ng`?^ the town)+ to be terrori:zed and t/=rashed * by her bro
ther,$ Broc#!ki(;e Drummon %d, and his b!oys. /Br#=ock)@ie is *an arro(gant _d$(runk and bully, b:ut he goes too,+ :far by shooting Marshal Chisolm in cold blood. Gr@/+iff intervenes. and k] `nocks`= out Brockie with hi*%%s pistol.　　W@e ./s fa`#+lls in *l`^?ov ]e with Louv@.enie Spanger, so ==h]e decides to :$s\ettle `[_down and; become the tow !!n's sherif^f. Grif^+/f becomes romantic`^ally in%+volved `with Je)ss/!i%*c];+a after she `#_ is
@  d,-rag$g?ed by a horse during a `cyclone.#)　　Two of her  guns, Lo gan an @
d Sa ^vage, at,te;mpt a.n ambush +? +o[?f Griff :)
(in an alley. He i^ +s sav;+ed #.^[by youngest brother- C .hico, who wa= s suppose= d to *=be l)^
e`@`a[ving for $ Calif^;ornia for_ a new li[fe on=; a fa/ rm. Chico&# [$!:39s shot k^ills Savage., af!t: \er which _^Jessica&!,]*#39s brot:
h\! e]r.+ a`)nd hired guns try to turn(
 the tow:n^+( against the Bonnell)  brothers.　　On =his w(^ edding day, W_(es is  gunned \?!do*wn. Brockie is jailed for]-, t# \he m_%,urd.(/er. He[/ tries to +es-*+`cap;e by! usi-n!g his s.iste-r %a@@s a shield#-\, dari.ng[ Griff to s\(hoo */t:*, and is 
shocked when Griff
= does exactly that. ##%=(Griff=@&#^!39s e,xp--er[tly [`$pla*/ced bullet m) erely woun?ds Jessica, an =d the
coward(ly+ =B/+ro$$+ ckie then becomes \the first man@ Griff
)-has had to kill!!= in 10 y#ears.　?*,　Chi co [rema+i-ns b\(eh,.$in]$@d t)! o take the she_:r/iff's ^jo-b. Griff )[rides o ,]ut,; ];cer+#]tain that J\essica/ hat es him for kill ](ing her brother, but=`[ s]he\`% runs af(te ^r h,.is buck,+board `[and ]^together they ride off.