02578cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500150014826400510016330000470021433600260026133700260028733800360031349000670034950000310041650800300044752014360047753400650191365300200197865300390199865300210203765300290205883000670208785600430215499900190219776804UtSlPG20260610134758.0mcr n260607r20251927utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aCunningham, Eugene,d1896-195710aWanted—? 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the May 1927 issue of Frontier Stories magazine.  aRelease date is 2025-09-03  aRoger Frank and Sue Clark  a"Wanted—? by Eugene Cunningham" is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. The tale follows a young Texas Ranger known as Ware’s Kid as he hunts the suspected killer of a ranch partner in the border country, blending pursuit, frontier justice, and moral ambiguity against a stark desert backdrop.  The story opens with Ware’s Kid in Dallas, where a barroom dustup proves his mettle before he teams with deputy Bos’ Johnson to interrupt a Sam Bass train robbery at Mesquite. Wounded in the fight, the Ranger discovers Johnson is actually Dell Spreen, the man accused of murdering Eph Carson; yet Spreen saves his life and swears he’s innocent. Reconstructing the ambush at El Castillo, the Ranger realizes the killer had to be a much taller man. He delivers Spreen to Austin for protection and returns to the O-Bar country, where an unseen rifleman tries to kill him. At the ranch he meets grim owner Simeon Rutter and Rutter’s melancholy daughter; together he revisits the murder site and finds a distinctive knife. While camping at Hueco Tanks, Apaches attack; fleeing under moonlight, Rutter is mortally wounded and confesses he murdered Carson for the money and had tried to bushwhack the Ranger. Ware’s Kid secures the confession, resolves to clear Spreen officially, and shields the daughter from public disgrace, choosing compassion over spectacle. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927  aWestern stories  aMurder -- Investigation -- Fiction  aTexas -- Fiction  aTexas Rangers -- Fiction 0aProduced from the May 1927 issue of Frontier Stories magazine.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76804  c117529d117529