This was the climax the end of a lifetime of bitterness and hateampampmdashRusty Maxwell and Ben Sharp both grown old grizzled and rich one the owner of a barbedwire empire a sea of grass larger than some Eastern states the other risen to great political power ruthlessly scheming to break the man with whom he had clashed ever since both had driven their longhorn herds over the trail to Dodge.To cut that empire in two to bring its overlord to his knees had long been Ben Sharpampamprsquos purpose. And in the South Western Pacific Railroad he found a weapon admirably forged to accomplish this end. But Rusty Maxwell for all his years had not forgotten how to fight nor had Lance Kincaid the fledgling eagle he had reared if not sired.Here is the laststand fight between the valiant Old West bred to the plains and the saddle fearless a sixshooter the tool of its trade and the raw dollardriven progress of the New.