By order of Buck Brady

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By order of Buck Brady

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

EN·~18 minutes·1 chapter

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Buck Brady spends his days whittling thin pine shavings in the dusty office of Mojave Wells, a sun‑baked outpost that hardly appears on a map. The sheriff’s quiet ritual masks a sharper mind as he watches the town fill with thirsty cowboys after the roundup. When the lean Ben Dolan rides in early, he warns Buck of a brewing showdown: two rival gangs, led by Bud Hickman and Pete Asher, have pledged to settle a love triangle over a girl named Rosie Smith once the sun sets.

The promise of a truce until dusk hangs over the Desert Well Saloon like a loaded gun. As the rival riders tumble into town, Buck must decide whether to keep the peace with his steady hand or become the trigger for a deadly night. Listeners are drawn into a tense, cracked‑leather world where a simple grievance can erupt into gunfire, and a sheriff’s patience is tested by the heat of the desert and the heat of human pride.

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en

Duration

~18 minutes (17K characters)

Release date

2024-05-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

1883–1969

Best known for lively Western stories filled with humor, mystery, and ranch-country adventure, this Montana-born writer created the popular cowboy sleuths Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens. He also worked in Hollywood, writing for films from the silent era into the 1940s.

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