Western Story Magazine, July 14, 1923

This issue of Western Story Magazine from July 14, 1923, contains eight stories across one complete novel and two serials. The lead novel is Joseph B. Ames's "The Starlit Trail," which follows "Blaze" Calhoun, an engineer returning through the Arizona desert after completing a surveying task. Upon spotting smoke near a remote river crossing, Calhoun investigates, discovering a trail toward the Mexican border and becoming alert to potential danger. The issue also features the first installment of Max Brand's serial "Galloping Danger" and part four of Imlay Taylor's "The Bridge." Five short stories include Frank Richardson Pierce's "Why, Father!"; Ray Humphreys's "Never Saner"; F.R. Buckley's "Peg Leg Plays Providence"; Edward Leonard's "The Cleansing Bullet"; and John Briggs's "Hopping Help." The magazine includes miscellaneous nature articles and departments covering regional topics.