FIFTY THRILLING WILD WEST STORIES Author:VARIOUS 50 THRILLING WILD WEST STORIES Wifh seven teen fullpge illustvation ODHAMS PRESS LIMITED LONG ACRE, LONDON, W. C. 2 G 737 Pthted in Great Brridin ILLUSTRATIONS FRONt - They looked at each other, eyes gripped, the young soldierpoliceman and his prisoner behind the gun. Again the watching girl felt the thrill of drama. By E. R. MOUNT A rifle cra... more »cked from the Isle. Morrel spun groggily and pitched overboard. By H. J. MOSER Santa Claus was falling-in flames. But he was going down clear of the tree and the crowd. By EDGARS PENCELY Motionless in a dense clump of choke-cherry bushes, he watched the jive ride past. By JOHN HARRIS Helen slipped from the saddle and stood puzzled at the mans strange stare. By CYRILH OLLOWAY He fired again, arm braced on the rock, and saw the Mexican rise, staggering, and come towards him By DUDLEYC OWES He had even thought to equip himself with a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles. By J. NICOLLE He reeled toward the entrance, drawing her after him, shielding her body with his own. By E. B. THURSTAN The way Butler was twisting his arm about was evidence that the blows were painful. By NORMA H N EP PLE Drop that gun, Harry Hands up, all you three Holly commanded crisply. By F. G. MOORSOM As his eyes lifted he caught his breath. The jutting rock with the outlaw spread across it moved bodily. By H. C. PAINE Two heads shot into sight above a boulder and two masked faces came into full view. By CLIVE UPTTON He could have grabbed that automatic but the other three had their hands in their coat pockets. By NORM H A O N W ARD Butler, taking wisdom from the burro, sat down behind the rock to let the storm blow itself out. By TONY RO YLE Upon the cold, marble headstone he placed a hand. The frosty eyes read the simple inscription. By JOHN PIMLOTT The horse sprang forward with a bound, and the rope whistled and hurtled through the air. By M. B. CRITCHLOW The blow from a heavy clubbed six-gun was not of sku21-crushing force. By T. GRAINGE J R EF FREY 5 PAGE 55 109 213 257 305 349 421 463 517 547 565 591 609 623 64 701 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE Editors grateful thanks are due to the authors and agents who have given him permission to include the stories in this book. Thanks are also due to Geoffrey Bles Ltd. for F. E. SUTTONsSto ry Why the Wild West was Wild from Hands Up, and to Gerald Duckworth Co. Ltd. for El Rodeo from A Hatchment, by R. B. CUNNINGHA G M R E A HAM. CONTENTS Why the Wild West was Wild . . . . F . E . SUTTON The Borrowed Brand . . . . . . PAP EVANL EHMAN The Long Arm of the Mounted . HARRSYI NCLADIRR AGO Bully of the Town . . . . . . . . . TOMR OAN Blue Eyes and Blue Steel . . . . . CHARLEHS . SNOW Bill Latimers Tree . . . . . . . W . D . HOFFMAN In the Mexican Quarter . . . . . . . . TOM GILL Without Fear or Favour . . . W ILLIAM M ACLEO R D A INE Battles End . . . . . . . . . . . MAXB RAND Grub Delayed . . . . . . . . . . A RCHIE JO SCELYN Horseshoe Law in Misty Sink . . . W ILLIAM A . TODD Thieff . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILL JENKINS The Treasure of Iron Dome . . . CHARLE H S . SNOW The Sherig was a Runt . . . . . . WILL JENKINS Broken Courage . . . . . CHARLEWS ESLEYSA NDERS Reward for an Outlaw . . . . . . HERBERSTU LLIVAN The Reverend Chawles . . . . GEORGGEO ODCHILD The Sherig of Crevasse County . GEORGBER YDGERSO DNEY Ghosts of the Cimarron . . . . HARRSYIN CLADIRR AGO The Killers . . . . . . . . G EORGBER YDGREOS DNEY He Belonged West . . . . . . CHRISTOPHCEURL LEY The Schoolmaam of Selwood Flats . PAULE VANL EHMAN Fighting Fool . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM ROAN A Reason for Wrath . . . . . . JOHNSTOMNC CULLEY Three Little Calves . . . . . . FRANKC . ROBERTSON Change of Name . . ...« less