Tied Up for Tombstone
By Tuttle, W. C.
When prospector Ike Harper drifts back into the rowdy frontier town of Piperock, he finds his old partner Magpie Simpkins wearing two improbable hats: county sheriff and self-appointed editor of the town's only newspaper. With just thirteen sheets of paper, one can of ink, and a print shop full of backwards type, Magpie is determined to put out one final edition — featuring the obituary of Tombstone Todd, the gunman who has sworn to plant the sheriff first. Between bullet-riddled windows, outraged subscribers, and a traveling theater troupe that throws the whole town into chaos, Ike discovers that frontier journalism is anything but a quiet trade. W. C. Tuttle's rollicking Piperock yarn from Adventure Magazine serves up tall-tale humor, quick draws, and small-town mayhem in equal measure.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1918