Gabby Hayes Western #45

Gabby Hayes tangles with a mysterious carpet that's causing quite the commotion—one that harbors a fortune in hidden cash sewn into its fabric by a man named Jasper Hubbard. When ruthless hombres catch wind of the treasure and move in to claim it, Gabby finds himself in the thick of a wild shootout where matches, gunpowder, and pure luck play their part in the chaos. The carpet itself becomes the real prize in this rollicking frontier tale.

When boastful Gabby Hayes meets Pedro Tamale, a vain gaucho from the South American pampas, their rivalry over cattle-raising methods turns into a reluctant partnership—especially after rustler Clipper Snip strikes while the two are too busy showing off to notice. With stolen steers hidden in the grass and armed killers closing in, Gabby and Pedro discover that combining cowboy grit with gaucho skill might be the only way to outwit a cunning thief and his gang.

Young Falcon, a skilled tracker of the frontier, is enlisted by the sheriff of Bouldertown to pursue a mysterious quarry that's left a bewildering trail across the territory—one that mingles weapons and ceremonial items from different Indian peoples, something that shouldn't be possible. As the hunter pieces together the strange evidence, he uncovers a dangerous masquerade designed to throw pursuers off the scent.

An aging fellow with a puzzle about his own appearance approaches Chief Gray Matter at the saloon, wondering why his hair has turned gray while his mustache remains black—but the clever chief's answer suggests there's more to the man's story than he's let on.

Gabby Hayes, foreman of the Bar Nothing Ranch, finds himself short-handed and forced to train a batch of greenhorn cowboys who seem determined to cause chaos at every turn—sabotaged equipment, ridiculous mishaps, and all. When rustlers strike and a mysterious note arrives, Gabby must figure out which of his bumbling students is actually the ringleader behind the raids. It's a Western tale where a rough-and-tumble ranch hand gets more than he bargained for playing schoolmaster.