Skeeter Bill comes to town by W. C. Tuttle
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"Skeeter Bill comes to town by W. C. Tuttle" is a Western novelet written in the mid-20th century. The story centers on a lanky, straight-shooting cowhand who returns to a dusty cattle town and stirs up trouble for the real culprits behind a notorious bank robbery. It blends range feuds, saloon politics, and a clever unraveling of a frame-up. Skeeter Bill Sarg rides back to Yellow Butte to honor the twelfth birthday
of his namesake, the son of his jailed friend Hooty Edwards—convicted for a bank job Skeeter doubts he committed. As Skeeter visits old allies like fiery rancher Fuzzy Davis and his stern wife, strange attacks begin: a dummy he rigs at a fenced spring is riddled at dawn, and later he’s ambushed outside Margie Edwards’ house, where outlaw Dutch Held is secretly shot dead by his own partner. At the packed inquest, Skeeter springs a trap with bold bluff and sharper shooting, exposing a ring led by cattleman Sam Keenan, aided by saloon front man Slim Lacey and deadly foreman Johnny Greer. Lacey confesses to drugging Hooty’s drinks to set him up while Keenan looted the bank and tried to pressure Margie. With the plot laid bare and Keenan finished, Hooty’s name is set to be cleared, Margie is granted the Tumbling K, and Skeeter quietly seals it all with a simple gift: “Happy Birthday” to the boy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tuttle, W. C. (Wilbur C.), 1883-1969 |
|---|---|
| Title | Skeeter Bill comes to town |
| Original Publication | Chicago, IL: Best Publications, Inc., 1948. |
| Series Title | Produced from the Fall, 1948 issue of Giant Western magazine. |
| Credits | Roger Frank |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Western stories |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Cowboys -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mystery fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76983 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76983-7 |
| Release Date | Oct 4, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 473 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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