Tex Ritter Western #7

When a fellow named Hawkes takes a tumble during his bath after losing a bar of soap, Pinto Pete and a companion see a chance for a tall tale—one that spins out into pure frontier humor about a soap that doesn't just float, but swims. It's a quick, silly gag that plays with the kinds of exaggerated promises you'd expect from an old-timey pitch.

When counterfeit money starts flooding the border near Crater Gulch, Tex Ritter answers the sheriff's urgent call—but his investigation takes an unexpected turn when he enters his dog Fury into the local racing circuit to get close to the suspects. Tex suspects that Deno Carr, a shady dog racer, is using his track operations as cover for smuggling, and a torn piece of blanket hints at his scheme. Now Tex must track Carr across the border to the source of the operation and uncover the gang's true operation before their dangerous methods catch up with him.

When Tex Ritter visits his old friend Chief Garmo and the Menomino tribe, he arrives just as Garmo's son Swift Water is about to take the ancient tests that will prove his worthiness to lead—but a scheming medicine man named Dondora has other plans, sabotaging the trials and setting events in motion that threaten both the boy and the tribe itself. As Tex battles through fire, wild animals, and Dondora's treacherous renegades, he discovers the full scope of the medicine man's plot to seize power and must race to save Chief Garmo before it's too late.