Tex Ritter Western #18

When old man Hodges dies, a scheme to claim his estate sets in motion—a woman posing as his niece Mary Hodges arrives in Cederville while the real Mary travels by stagecoach toward town. Tex Ritter must uncover the truth behind a mysterious robbery and disappearance before the inheritance falls into the wrong hands and innocent lives are lost.

When Loonie Les ventures into a fancy restaurant for the first time, he and his companion puzzle over the menu—and Les offers up his own hilariously literal interpretation of what "cold boiled ham" really means. It's a quick dose of Western humor that plays on a country fellow's no-nonsense approach to the finer things.

When a group of young riders decides to form the Horse Brigade, they recruit Buffalo Bill to lead them—mainly because he won't stop bragging about his legendary horsemanship and tales of catching the wild mustang Black and Blue Beauty. The kids hold him to his word with a promise he can't refuse, but when it comes time for the parade down Main Street, they spring a surprise that proves the boastful leader may have finally met his match.

Hammerhead's so bashful he won't even ask a gal to dance at the local shindig—and his shyness runs so deep that he once won a school prize for being the most bashful kid but was too timid to claim it! It's a lighthearted look at a cowpoke whose real obstacle isn't outlaws or horses, but his own nerves.