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SE A eee; ROBERT O. ERISMAN, Edifor Member, Western Writers of America ARTHUR LANE, Assoc. Editer a RAS A TC a ee % *% +15 BIG FAST-ACTION THRILLERS *« 1) TOUGH, HE SAID HE WAS ...... Tritt ‘oa tema eeu veatcucaveccese Clayton Fox 4 Big John McLeod feared no man, and for that most of al the hard-faced young hellion hated him. 2) GOLD "BULLETS TTT CTT Tit cee ee ee .-. Joe Chadwick, Jr. 14 The man was dangerous, all right. But he thought ‘old “Matt had a good claim.. a) TRE UIES KID cxcss cece wa cd es ee be ee che cee boca se cee bee eae Hewerd Ozmon 16 There wasn't a man who stood more for ihe “Old West ideal of unselfish courage than Sam Gentry. . 4) A PLACE OF PIG QW ac cae cs we ccs s HR earn 0 wos Ee ee OES ow <-oneme . K. Clayton 17 The cow would die, even if he got ker out ‘And Old Man. Lawton would know he didn't savvy cattle ranching then. , 5) THE GIRL IN THE JAIL Terre te AT ee ee ee eve eke Johnston McCulley 24 A red kitchen apron on the clothesline meant rata sheriff had come. A blue tablecloth meant thet Bess would do what she'd promised... C) WAY GE DYING snc as we pes eee es ne eee en ere 5 Se 1 es oe « gs Mark Lish 32 He came helling finally as they'd expected, a on in exc hand ening fire and lead and death, Such a one could never have had a soft spot in his heart.. 7) MIGH NOGN IN FURNACE GUTEY x «mre cc enn y cee as eee Ei eis bw dO EE . Dick Baird 37 Showdown between Bunk Tressler and Luke Caster was long Eoemlucs Everybody knew that but nothing more. Silent men, neither Bunk nor Luke would talk about it. 8) IT WAS A LASS-ROPE ALL RIGHT ...... Te ee Tee ee ..- Archie Joscelyn 39 Boone had acted out of habit. With the riata already a-twirl in his hand it was easy. But hed only expected to rescue a child. . V) THE TEMAS RIND ooo vies ae ss mee ne wees ee en a ree eee oe William Ransom 44 Larribee had ridden all the way from Wyoming to forget an untamable two-legged filly. Now here was another one, twice as cantankerous... TO) FUS BLOOD TR TY cc i okt ace 58 eo Oe 8 Fa em FH RATS C2 OF Be ..- L. V. Pidgeon 55 Riding free and wild, Sam Morrey hadn't paid Bek for his living. Maybe now, at last, he must settle the full account. xk * ANTHOLOGY OF TIME-HONORED CLASSICS *% * 11) RAW-RED LAW OF THE REBEL LEGION ............44- ..+e. Wayne D. Overholser 41 A fighting man, was Dan Casey, whose range luck always ran good.. Copyright® lyase, Interstate Punlisuing Loi puration 1Z) ONE AGAINST THE BLOOD-BOUNTY HUNTERS .............45. .. Gunnison Steele 68 It took a Texan to buck Turk Brule and his se crew! Copyright 1940, Newsstand Pub., Ine. 13] THE PRONTO KID COMES HOME ... 04 ccc cewi wees wis cen seme ewe 4 eer Ray Gauiden 77 This wild one would never wipe out the Cised on i he backtrail simply by hanging up his guns. Gepynignt ivil, Newsstand Pulm woe, 14) STARPAGCKER STAMPEDE «oc cece cs bss u coma s aie cscs ews meee nes Kenneth. Fowler 82 That sawed-off, addle-pated saddlepard of Feo": hed a hellstertil: of hell for any salty son who might figure he maybe wasn't exactly the man to be town marshal! Copyright 194z, Manvis Puvlications, Lite. 15) GUNSMGKE IS A BADGETOTER'S GLGRY ........ aap a” ee ee Te James Shaffer 90 The gallows was ready for the hanging. The sheriff wasn't, though, and neither was the killer! Copyright lya8, Western Fiction bub. Cov. Ine. WESTERN SHORT STORIES published quarterly by Stadium Publishing Corporation. Office of publication, 655 Madison Ave., N. ¥. 21, N. ¥. Re-entered as second class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 38, 1479. Additional entry at Holyoke, Mass, Copyright 19455 by Stadium Publishing Corporation. Vol. 10 No. 6 June 1955 issue. Price 25¢ per issue, 12 issues for $3.25 including postage. No similarity betWeen actual namies, persons, characters, institutions and those used in stories and semi-fiction articles is intended, and any sueh similarity which may exist is purely coingdental. Not regpensible for un- solicited manuscripts. Printed in the U. S. A. 3 on COnmiclbooks C© in