Beadle's Pocket Library No. 341

1890 · 32 pages

This 1890 pulp serial, "Colorado Steve's Dash; or, Old Buncomb's Sure Shot" by Philip S. Warne, depicts a frontier settlement in Glen Eden, New Mexico, established by New England farmers. The story opens with two unsavory characters—the red-haired giant Colorado Steve and the dandified Mexican Senor Ramirez—lounging at a tavern. When Ramirez attempts to accost the commandant's daughter Ruth Thurston and her companion Madeline Fortescue, young Sidney Fortescue ("Little Tornado") intervenes violently. Colorado Steve throws Sidney down, but Old Buncomb—a rough-bearded frontiersman—appears and dunks Ramirez in a horse trough. Despite their partnership, Colorado Steve mocks and belittles Ramirez, ultimately ordering him and his companion out of the settlement with threats of violence. The narrative is a Western action tale emphasizing frontier justice and honor.

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