Speedy’s Mare

Max Brand’s saga of the youthful hero Speedy began with “Tramp Magic,” a six-part serial in Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine (11/21/31-12/26/31). As other of Brand’s continuing characters, Speedy is a loner, little more than a youngster, and is able to outwit and out-maneuver even the deadliest of men without the use of a gun. Stories of his adventures, in addition to the serial, eventually numbered nine. In this short story, Speedy is lured across the Mexican border to be killed.

“Speedy’s Mare” by first appeared in Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine (3/12/32).