Brand of a Man Author:Thomas Thompson In Ten Mile, Casco Weber was the law. A brute of a man...he got his nourishment from ...whiskey...his exercise in brawls. Casco had licked every man in town-except Owen Delaney...who had drifted into town to escape trouble...Casco goaded him...and Delaney beat him...a mistake...Casco vowed they would meet again...next time he would kill Delaney.