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2、ppen.Thestreetofawesterntown,night.Thestreetisdeserted.Snowfalls.Wetrackslowlyforward.IwasjustfourteenyearsofagewhenacowardbythenameofTomChaneyshotmyfatherdowninFortSmith,Arkansas,androbbedhimofhislifeandhishorseandtwoCaliforniagoldpiecesthathecarriedinhistrouserband.Ashapeliesinthestre

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4、im.Thecrumpledshapeisabody.Wehearthethunderofapproachinghooves.HehadtakenChaneyuptoFortSmithtohelpleadbackastringofmustangponieshe'djustboughtfromastocktradernamedStonehill.Intown,Chaneyhadfallentodrinkandcards,andlostallhismoney.Hegotitintohisheadhe'dbeencheatedandwentbacktotheboarding

5、houseforhisHenryrifle.Paparemonstrated,andChaneyshothiminthebreast.Agallopinghorseentersframeandrecedes,whippedonbyabarebackrider.Along-barreledrifleistiedacrosstherider'sbackwithasashcord.2Hedisappearsintothefallingsnow.Chaneyfled.Hecouldhavetakenthetimetosaddlethehorse--orhitchedupthr

6、eespansofmulestoaConcordstagecoachandsmokedapipe,asitseemsthatnooneinthatcitywasinclinedtogivechase.Chaneyhadmistakenitscitizensformen.DAYWearelookingintothewindowofamovingtrain.Lookingoutpastusisafourteen-year-oldgirl,MattieRoss.NexttoherisYarnell,amiddle-agedblackman.Readingbackwardin

7、themirrorofthewindowweseeastationsigneasinginasthetrainslows:FORTSMITH.Thevoice-overcontinues:Voice-OverYoumightsay,whatbusinesswasitofmyfather'stomeddle?Myansweristhis:hewastryingtodothatshortdevilagoodturn.Hewashisbrother'skeeper.Doesthatansweryourquestion?DEADMAN'SFACECandle