Which of these quotes from Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" is most characteristic of the Western genre? He started to his feet with the intention of awakening the sleepers, for there was no time to lose.

A secret committee had determined to rid the town of all improper persons. This was done permanently in regard of two men who were then hanging from the boughs of a sycamore in the gulch.

Two or three men, conversing earnestly together, ceased as he approached, and exchanged significant glances.

There was a remembrance of this in his boyish and enthusiastic greeting of Mr. Oakhurst.