Devil's Rope

The last thing Snakeskin McMurtry ever wanted was trouble, but trouble was what he got. What he wanted was his own ranch so he wouldn't end up crippled and broke like half the old cowboys he knew. He figured out a few ways to get money for the ranch that were almost legal, but they didn't work out perfect. He got men after him. And then he sold some horses to some outlaws running from a posse but the outlaws didn't think the horses were worth 500 dollars each. Then he met the perfect woman but she found out there were men after him and insisted he give up his ranch, move east, and get a job as a clerk in a store. Be a counter-jumper. A gol-danged counter-jumper! If that wasn't enough, a big rancher got confused and came after Snakeskin looking to start a range war. It would take a lot of luck to get out of this one and luck was something he'd never had much of.