Adventures and Western. Book 12

Adventures and Western. Book 12: 1. Marbleface; 2. The Mountain Fugitive; 3. The Mustang Herder. 

1. Marbleface: Published -1934.

When almost middle weight champ of the World of fighters is told to slow down by his doctor ; so he quits fist fighting to become a remarkably good gunfighter. 

«THERE are two ways of telling a thing. You start at the beginning and go straight ahead or else you begin in the middle. I’d rather begin in the middle. That means cutting out everything before my fight with “Digger” Murphy, beginning with the fourth round of that fight, when he pasted me and knocked me cold.

The events preceding that don’t count...»


2. The Mountain Fugitive: Published -1927.

«He stood on the verge of the clearing, one hand resting against a sapling, his head fallen, dragging in breaths with a painful sound, and I let him get his wind again. It came back to him suddenly. His body swelled again to its full heroic size.

“Who would have thought it?” gasped out Chase. “Like an infernal bear! But you’ve had your last fling at me, my dear fellow. You’ll never come within grip of me again!”

I had no intention of making it a wrestling match. For, since I had closed with him, the last fear of Andrew left me, and there remained only a vast confidence in my strength. If he wished straight fighting, stand up and fist to fist, he could have his desire. But now I went at him more coolly, with all the skill that Father McGuire had taught me in the old days in my mind...»


3. The Mustang Herder: Published -1927.

Raised on the tough streets of Old New York, Gregg could beat a man to death with his fists and use a pistol like an artist. Armed with these talents, he headed west to make his fortune, never realizing that herding mustangs was what he'd end up doing. He didn't know a lot about horses, but he knew anyone who stood in his way was as good as buzzard bait.