Sparing the Family Tree
By Tuttle, W. C.
In W. C. Tuttle’s comic Western tale, desert wanderers Yallerstone Brown and Taos Thompson leave the cactus country for a matrimonial adventure that quickly tangles love, money, and mistaken identity. Drawn from prospecting trails into polite society, the pair collide with inheritance schemes, aliases, and the absurd rituals of civilization. Full of frontier vernacular, slapstick reversals, and dry desert humor, this lively story captures the unruly charm of early twentieth-century Western comedy.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1920