Wise Men and a Mule
By Tuttle, W. C.
In the rough-and-tumble town of Piperock, a well-meaning Christmas entertainment turns into a frontier spectacle no committee could safely control. W. C. Tuttle’s comic Western tale follows Ike Harper, Dirty Shirt Jones, and a cast of hard-luck cowpunchers as they attempt a solemn holiday tableau involving wise men, local music, and one unforgettable mule. Written in lively dialect and packed with slapstick frontier humor, this public-domain story captures the chaos, camaraderie, and comic bravado of early twentieth-century Western fiction.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1922