... in Bear Creek was still not built and he wasn't a friend of Steve's anymore because Steve was suspected in stealing cows. Miss Molly Stark Wood is introduced in the next chapter. She is a young woman from Bennington, Vermont. She has traveled two thousand miles to teach in Bear Creek. During her journey, her stagecoach driver starts to drink and drives into a ... apprehend Trampas and Shorty. They hung Steve with the Virginian presiding over it. This leaves the Virginian mournful and sad because Steve wasn't a coward about his death. The Virginian and the narrator leave shortly after t...

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• Grade Level: High School