Word: gath
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...henchmen Brant White and Deadwood, he overawed many a would-be bad man, kept the peace in spite of tantalizing taunts. Even when they called him "Saint John- son," Wayt kept his temper. But when he got a city ordinance passed forbidding firearms to be carried in Alkali, trouble gath- ered like thunderheads in summer. Finally, Wayt's patience tried too far, Alkali saw a gunfight it never forgot. Afterward, when he sheriff tried to serve a warrant on the Johnsons, they laughed at him and rode away...