Joseph Bushnell Ames – författare

Buck Stratton wounded in WW1 and reported missing, returns to his Shoe-Bar Ranch to find the ranch in possession of Mary Thorne, heir of her father. The ranch is run down and plagued by rustlers. Buck signs in an attempt to gain more information. The foreman and crew act suspicious...

Excerpt: Dale Tompkins slung the bulging bag of papers over one shoulder, and, turning away from the news-stand, walked briskly down the main street of Hillsgrove. The rain had ceased, and the wind that had howled fiercely all day long was shifting into the west, where it tore to tatters the banks of dun gray clouds, letting through gleams and patches of cold blue sky tinged with the pale, chill yellow of a typical autumn sunset.