by W. C. Tuttle
In the rugged wilds of the Old West, the irrepressible Magpie Simpkins—part philosopher, part fool, and all trouble—drags his long-suffering partner Ike Harper into a reckless bet that spirals into chaos. When a wager to survive thirty days in the wilderness collides with a pair of eccentric professors, a pack of misfit hounds, and a stolen pie laced with revenge, the line between survival and farce blurs. A rollicking tale of wit, mischief, and frontier absurdity, where no scheme is too outrageous and no bet too foolish to backfire.
Transcribed from Adventure, November 18, 1918 (The Ridgway Company).