6The Lonely Law was Jim Larribee, sheriff of Pinnacle County. Larribee had been befriended in many ways and had finally been helped to his office by Big Dan Sharples: and rumor had it that Big Dan owned Larribee from ears to hocks, and the star with him. But Larribee felt different. He knew that the star built a wall around a man -- that he was in a damned lonely corner. But the middle of the road was where he would stay, playing no favorites, and whoever set out to use him as a sucker or a handy man could well learn some hard facts of life.