In the notorious colony of outlaws on Halfaday Creek, every newcomer draws his name out of a tin can, and old Cush at the saloon keeps more money in his safe than most banks ever see. Tough, cagey Black John Smith maintains law and order in the district, and in dispensing justice he never forgets the value of money.In this high-spirited, action-loaded series of stories about the Yukon-Alaska border country, he manages to rake in a profit with every adventure. He foils a plot dreamed up by as mean a gang of crooks as ever ...
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In the notorious colony of outlaws on Halfaday Creek, every newcomer draws his name out of a tin can, and old Cush at the saloon keeps more money in his safe than most banks ever see. Tough, cagey Black John Smith maintains law and order in the district, and in dispensing justice he never forgets the value of money.In this high-spirited, action-loaded series of stories about the Yukon-Alaska border country, he manages to rake in a profit with every adventure. He foils a plot dreamed up by as mean a gang of crooks as ever stacked a deck, exchanging twenty-five thousand dollars in fake bills for good ones; he runs a pair of swindlers out of town, after persuading them to leave their cash behind, in his name; and he doubles the twenty thousand he paid for some sacks of fool's gold, and hangs a murderer in the bargain.
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This is another collection of stories many of which first appeared in Short Stories Magazine in the 1940's and they all deal with the characters who lived in the area known as Halfaday Creek on the Yukon-Alaska border. James B. Hendryx writes with unparalled equal when it comes to this kind of story especially when he focuses on Halfaday Creek and its environs. Black John Smith rules the place with an iron fist when its needed, but other wise he is a friendly affable fellow who speaks in short crisp wry sentences. Old Cush runs the saloon and store and usually has more money in his safe than any bank might have. Corporal Downey of the Mounted shows up on occasion when in pursuit of a criminal because he knows Halfaday Creek is really an outlaw haven. And there is quite an assortment of swindlers and the like who pass through as well. Good book.
