by W. C. Tuttle
In the rugged hills north of Piperock, two grizzled prospectors scratch out a living between mesquite, dust, and dreams of a lucky strike. When Magpie Simpkins — dabbler in hypnotism, psychology, and communion with the spirits — returns from town head-over-boots in love with a blue-eyed waitress, his long-suffering partner Ike Harper braces for the worst. What follows is a tall tale of buckshot justice, bailing-wire suspenders, and the peculiar comedy that unfolds when a scientific loco sourdough decides to tie the knot. W. C. Tuttle spins a classic slice of pulp-era Western humor in the authentic cowboy dialect that made his Piperock yarns a staple of Adventure magazine.
Transcribed from Adventure, June 1916 (The Ridgway Company).