This is a fantastic collection of western-themed stories, many feature the man's signature surprise endings. There are tales of cowpunchers, desperados and ranchers in love. Most explore happy times, though death and sorrow do pay an infrequent visit. More than once the folly of male/female relationships is explored with predictably humorous results.
Contents
Hearts and crosses — The ransom of Mack — Telemachus, friend — The handbook of Hymen — The pimienta pancakes — Seats of the haughty — Hygeia at the Solito — An afternoon miracle — The higher abdication — Cupid a la carte — The caballero's way — The sphinx apple — The missing chord — A call loan — The princess and the puma — The Indian summer of Dry Valley Johnson — Christmas by injunction — A chaparral prince — The reformation of Calliope.