The Taking of Cloudy McGee
By Tuttle, W. C.
In the dusty town of Lost Hills, a nervous bank cashier, a scheming lawyer, and a threatened newspaper editor all find their troubles converging on the rumored arrival of the notorious Cloudy McGee. As mistaken identities, crooked plans, and frontier bravado collide, a simple fear of exposure turns into a comic tangle of bank money, reward notices, and high-stakes deception. W. C. Tuttle’s lively Western farce blends outlaw suspense, small-town satire, and sharp comic timing in a tale where nearly everyone is hiding something.
Publisher: Doubleday, Paige & Company (in Short Stories Magazine)
First published: 1926