Who is judith maze on thedore boone kid lawyer

Judith Maze is Mr. Duffy's secretary. She is a married lady who lives with her husband in Strattenburg 20 years ago. She signed a one-year rental contract for an elegant apartment located in Weeksburg to be inhabited by Mr. Duffy who does not know nothing about it.          

the causes of the dust bowls were severe droughts,   lands became dry and hard, temperature was higher than usual, hot and dry conditions killed crops, high winds. because of those factors, the winds kicked up dry soil and created clouds of dust.

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