I've been a long time getting to you.
But the nature of my job, as far as you're concerned, made me cautious.
Duane, you're aware of the hard name you bear all over the Southwest ?" "Once in a while I'm jarred into realizing," replied Duane.
"It's the hardest, barring Murrell and Cheseldine, on the Texas border.
But there's this difference.

Murrell in his day was known to deserve his infamous name.

Cheseldine in his day also.

But I've found hundreds of men in southwest Texas who're your friends, who swear you never committed a crime.

The farther south I get the clearer this becomes.
What I want to know is the truth.