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Dan Cushman and Tim Champlin Western Collection Vol. 1: The Craft of Ka-Yip, The Feminine Touch, For the Good of the Service, and Stand-Off at Tinajas Altas
Dan Cushman and Tim Champlin Western Collection Vol 1 The Craft of KaYip The Feminine Touch For the Good of the Service and StandOff at Tinajas Altas Author:Dan Cushman, Tim Champlin Two Dan Cushman and two Tim Champlin Westerns in one collection."Craft of Ka-Yip" — Ka-Yip has grown accustomed to his ways in his old age, living with his daughter and white son-in-law, overlooking the Missouri River, and smoking the remains of cigar butts cast off by the whites. When a gang of bandits shows up intent on robbing one of the river... more » boats that dock nearby, Ka-Yip finds he must do what his spineless son-in-law refuses to and protect his home, his family, and their livelihood."The Feminine Touch"
William Hickory Gupsworth wakes one morning and rather than head to the mine where he works, he shaves his beard, puts on his best clothes, and sets about hitching Dolly the mule to his buggy. His future wife and step-son are on their way to him, and Gup is looking forward to a bright future with his pretty young wife and strapping young boy. The two people who appear to claim their new home with Gup, however, are not who he anticipated.?"For the Good of the Service"
On the dusty land of New Mexico, Lieutenant Miles Justine and his men are chasing a band of Apache raiders when they come upon an over-turned wagon. Its riders are dead, their bodies mutilated. While the Lieutenant's domineering, self-important commanding officer supervises the burial, Justine notices a shift in the wind. Instinct tells him that they're all in trouble. But the ambush that follows may be the perfect opportunity for the men to do something about their frustrating officer, and Justine must decide quickly how far he will go in the charade."Stand-Off at Tinajas Altas"
Caswell McCarthy was no hero. The very idea of such a thing had never crossed his mind. Yet he had cheated to give himself the short straw when the five exhausted men had drawn to see who would stay behind. He felt he was the only one who had the slightest chance of slowing down the pursuing war party of Chiricahua Apaches.« less