The Misdeal
By Tuttle, W. C.
At the rough-edged NR ranch near Broken Butte, four hard-bitten cowboys find themselves cheated by death, tangled in a disputed inheritance, and forced to reckon with the consequences of their own crooked work. When a refined new heiress arrives to claim the ranch, loyalties shift, tempers flare, and frontier justice takes on a sharply comic edge. W. C. Tuttle’s “The Misdeal” blends Western intrigue, outlaw humor, and colorful range-country dialogue in a tale of deception, pride, and unlikely conscience.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1923