Tom Mix Western #49

Tom Mix rescues a man from a runaway horse heading straight for a cliff, but soon finds himself caught up in a dangerous web of gambling debts and betrayal when his new acquaintance becomes the victim of a brutal crime. With his wits and fists as his only weapons, Tom must uncover the truth and bring a killer to justice before the real culprit can escape.

When Chief Leaping Cloud visits with his mischievous son Laughing Bird, young Tumbleweed Jr. promises his father he'll be on his best behavior—no matter how much the visiting boy provokes him. What starts as a game of leap frog quickly turns into a series of escalating pranks and tricks that test Tumbleweed's patience to the breaking point. This 1952 western humor tale captures a boy's struggle between keeping his word and standing up for himself when pushed too far.

Saddlehead's got his eye on a new gal, but there's a catch—she's a twin, and he keeps having trouble telling the two apart. This lighthearted western romp plays up all the confusion that comes with trying to court someone when you can't always figure out which sister you're talking to.

When a gold assayer is shot and robbed by the gambling man Hoot Mondy in the town of Dobie, Tom Mix springs into action to track down the thief and recover the stolen gold nuggets. But the case takes a twisted turn when the undertaker Dave Herbert gets caught up in the scheme, leading Tom on a chase that crosses the border into Mexico. It's a tale of double-crosses and frontier justice that proves crime doesn't pay—especially when crooks can't trust each other.