Rustler's Roost
By Tuttle, W. C.
When Tex Rowland—wrongly convicted horse thief—escapes from Elk Lodge penitentiary with the help of a dying trusty, a train wreck grants him an unexpected second chance: a new face and a new identity. As 'William H. Smith,' he returns to the cattle country that framed him, where old feuds simmer between ranchers and sheepmen, and the girl he left behind now works for the very man who sent him to prison. In a world where loyalty runs deeper than the law, Tex must decide whether to reclaim his past or forge a future no one will recognize.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1924