TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tuttle,W.C.
TI  - Bad and mad
T2  - Produced from the May 19, 1928 issue of Western Story Magazine
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Short stories
KW  - Western stories
KW  - Brothers -- Fiction
KW  - Twins -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2025-01-09; Roger Frank and Sue Clark; Originally published; New York: Street & Smith Corporation, 1928
N2  - "Bad and mad" by W. C. Tuttle is a short story that falls within the western genre, written in the late 1920s. The story explores themes of identity, morality, and the complexity of familial relations in the rugged backdrop of the American West, framed through the interactions between two twin brothers—one a sheriff and the other a bank robber.  The narrative begins with a tense standoff between the sheriff, Ben, and his twin brother, Harry, who has just robbed a bank. The brothers engage in a witty, antagonistic dialogue, revealing their starkly different paths in life. As the plot unfolds, Harry overpowers Ben, leading to a violent struggle that ends with Ben's death. Harry assumes his brother’s identity, planning to exploit the situation in Oro City. However, unbeknownst to Harry, he has returned to a community that believes Ben has lost his mind. The story culminates with his capture, revealing the futility of his deceit and the tragic ends to which their choices have led them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/western-story-magazine-v-078-n-02-1928-05-19
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75071
ER  -