Black Sheep

BLACK SHEEP - A vintage western story by Will Jenkins/aka Murray Leinster with an introduction by one of his daughters. Enough action to last an average man a lifetime is packed into the thirty-six hours which contain the whole span of this book. Steve Galt, the black sheep of his family, returns to his home range to be held up and forcibly paid a money-belt full of gold-pieces in exchange for his boots. He finds a dead man, and convincing evidence that he himself is the murderer. He...
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BLACK SHEEP - A vintage western story by Will Jenkins/aka Murray Leinster with an introduction by one of his daughters. Enough action to last an average man a lifetime is packed into the thirty-six hours which contain the whole span of this book. Steve Galt, the black sheep of his family, returns to his home range to be held up and forcibly paid a money-belt full of gold-pieces in exchange for his boots. He finds a dead man, and convincing evidence that he himself is the murderer. He finds the dead man's daughter, the only person who will believe in his innocence. He finds his kin, his enemies, and his friends all dead, and a lynching-mob bringing dynamite to blow open the jail in which he takes temporary refuge. With such happenings to start off with, it seems only reasonable that he should accept a deputy sheriff's appointment with orders to, "Go out an' let folks chase you. An' when they catch you,?arrest 'em!" Officially a deputy sheriff, he is hunted as a murderer and he has to use the tactics of a rustler in order to accomplish his main desire. When he has uncovered the remarkably simple system of theft which has bled the range white and led to his own disgrace, he has to rope and tie the men he selects as his posse. And he leads them to the place of combat tied to their saddles and disarmed lest they turn and lynch him. There is a whirlwind climax, and at the conclusion of just thirty-six hours of crowded life Steve has rustled himself a ranch and a bride and a new reputation besides, and in addition has captured a place among the most thrilling of Western stories for the tale of his adventures.