02215cam a22003373u 4500 76208 UtSlPG 20260610134749.0 m cr n 260607r20251928utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Tuttle, W. C. (Wilbur C.), 1883-1969 His brother's keeper Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from the January 25, 1928 issue of Short Stories Magazine. Release date is 2025-05-31 Roger Frank and Sue Clark "His brother's keeper by W. C. Tuttle" is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. Set in a scorched desert valley, it examines a hard-bitten sheriff’s absolute devotion to the law and how that zeal collides with fate, family, and frontier justice. Sheriff “Duty” Deming alienates his wife and drives away his children by enforcing the law without mercy, even sending his own son to prison on dubious evidence. After arresting a sick hobo for train-hopping, Deming contracts a fever and still rides alone into the lava beds to capture Red Cowan, accused of murdering rancher Al Mitchell. Collapsing in the wasteland, he is found and nursed by Cowan—who is innocent and keeps the sheriff alive at an abandoned ranch. Delirious and obsessed with duty, Deming tries to arrest Cowan and fires wildly, only to die as his former deputy arrives with the truth: the real killer, Slim Delong, confessed before dying, and Mitchell had framed Deming’s son. The story closes on the bitter irony that Deming’s worship of his badge—his “other god”—ultimately destroys him, even as justice belatedly clears his boy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1928 Short stories Western stories Sheriffs -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76208 116933 116933