Powder
By Coburn, Walt
Across the mud and snow of the old Montana freight trails, hard-bitten jerk-line skinner Jerk Line Smith and his devoted, powder-fearing little swamper Two Dog Moore forge an unlikely brotherhood—one that will be tested when pride, whisky, and a wagonload of dynamite threaten to tear it apart.
Publisher: The Butterick Publishing Company
First published: 1928
Type: Short story
Setting / subject: Western