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THE SAGA OF BILLY THE KID

Others fought for hire. Billy the Kid's inspiration was the loyalty of friendship. But this sentiment of knightly devotion, with which he must be credited, was united with a spirit of primitive savagery which held the blood of his friend's enemies the best libation he could pour to the memory of his friend.


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