The law couldn’t keep cattle rustler Rufus Nephew aka Climax Jim in jail for long. He’d just made bail was out riding when he spied a small bunch of cattle belonging to the Chiricahua Cattle Company. There were no CCC cowhands in sight Rufus thought to himself it would be a neighborly gesture if he drove the little herd along a ways until he found the owner or a roundup then he would turn them over to their proper owners. And if he didn’t come across anyone he would just keep driving them


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