Bound south by Ernest Haycox
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Bound south by Ernest Haycox is a Western short story written in the early to mid-20th century. It centers on a drifting cowboy’s run-in with a lawless cowtown and the tests of loyalty and nerve that follow. Joe Breedlove, a solitary, good-natured cowboy riding south, stumbles on Indigo Bowers, a fiery drifter fleeing a posse after a saloon shooting in Canyon. Joe helps Indigo slip the net and then goes into Canyon
for food, where a desperate young woman begs him to rescue her father, Henry Allen, being bled dry at poker. In the Blazing Star saloon, Joe coolly disrupts the game by posing as a partner with a stake, faces down the sheriff, and—helped by a timely blaze that Indigo sets to distract the town—forces a pause that shames the gambler into returning Allen’s losses. After slipping the money back to the daughter, Joe and Indigo ride out. At a fork they part, but Indigo “accidentally” circles back, and the two drift south together, easy partners bound by wit, decency, and the open trail. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950 |
|---|---|
| Title | Bound south |
| Original Publication | New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928. |
| Series Title | Produced from the March 10, 1928 issue of Short Stories magazine. |
| Credits | Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Western stories |
| Subject | Male friendship -- Fiction |
| Subject | Outlaws -- Fiction |
| Subject | Cowboys -- Fiction |
| Subject | Gambling -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78339 |
| Release Date | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 276 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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