Walker A. Tompkins Books

Only a hunted fugitive stood between a logger baron and an empire of ruined ranches!

Panhandle Preston and his son Quent owned a cattle ranch in Wyoming. Since it was on the right of way of the proposed Union Pacific railway, it was a prized piece of property and coveted by many a man. The most cunning by far was Boone Delivan, a crooked speculator who was determined to get hold of the land no matter what it took. When Quent refused to sell, Boone shot the young vaquero's father, set the ranch on fire, and stampeded the cattle. Then he had a murder warrant sworn out for Quent! Quent Preston was tough and resourceful, but to keep what was left of his ranch, he'd have to fight fire with fire

Hap and Everett, adopted children of the Yaqui County sheriff and his wife, were known as the Kingman twins. Actually Hap was the son of the upright rancher Warren Allen, who had been killed by bushwack bullets, while Everett's father was the ruffian cattle thief, Dev Hewett. The boys were ignorant of their own identity until they came of age. And then, for reasons of his own, the crooked lawyer entrusted with telling them the truth pretended that Hap was the rustler's son and gave to him Hewett's legacy, a six-gun with thirteen notches that had belonged to Dev Hewett, and instructions to use it to murder George Siebert, the man who had killed his father.

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