Bascin's Star

Lee Bascin was the absolute ruler of the county on the South Platte River and Fort Collins was his town. He was there by law - he and not the man to whom the citizens had pinned a star on his vest! Warner, the marshal of Fort Collins, should have understood. It was his own fault when his horse brought him loaded over the saddle. Bascin then gave the marshal's star, as if on purpose, to Chipps Rafferty, the biggest drunk in town, who was the last of the poor bastards for him...