by W. C. Tuttle
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.
Transcribed from Adventure, September 18, 1918 (The Ridgway Company).