Cows is cows

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Cows is cows

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

EN·~43 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

43:52

Description

In the sun‑bleached reaches of Yellow Rock County, Sheriff Magpie Simpkins keeps order with a six‑shooter and a dry wit that borders on poetry. His newest visitor, a gaunt “Bringer of Light” named Obadiah Ezekiel Moses Brown, arrives in a battered coat, spitting from a missing tooth and preaching about seeds and darkness. Their exchange is a tumble of slang and philosophy, as the sheriff questions the stranger’s purpose while the town’s eclectic residents listen in bewilderment.

Soon the calm is rattled by the arrival of Scenery Sims, a self‑styled self‑made man with a herd of oddly uniform cattle, and Spade Wilson, a detective who slides in from Helena with a grin that promises trouble. As whispers of rustlers and missing livestock spread, the oddball cast must decide whether to confront the looming threat or wade deeper into their own quirks. Listeners are treated to a wildly comic western that blends rapid dialogue with a vivid sense of frontier life.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~43 minutes (42K characters)

Release date

2026-05-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

1883–1969

A hugely popular western storyteller of the pulp-magazine era, this Montana-born writer published more than 1,000 stories and dozens of novels. He is especially remembered for the adventures of Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens, two cowboy heroes with a strong comic streak.

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