02327cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000190011324500200013226400510015230000470020333600260025033700260027633800360030249000720033850000310041050800300044152011810047153400700165265300180172265300200174065300250176083000720178585600770185785600430193476839UtSlPG20260610134759.0mcr n260607r20251925utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aHumphreys, Ray12aA knife in time 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the November 7, 1925 issue of Western Story Magazine.  aRelease date is 2025-09-08  aRoger Frank and Sue Clark  aA knife in time by Ray Humphreys is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. It centers on frontier mule-skinning, workplace rivalry, and a public wagon-race where a scorned driver’s knife and nerve become crucial.  Tom Morgan, a slight but gifted mule skinner, is mocked by fellow teamsters for wearing a sheath knife, despite the wagon boss McCarthy valuing his skill. When the Q B outfit brings five polished hitches to a rodeo race overseen by the owner, Ashton, the event turns dangerous: Ashton’s borrowed sorrel mule bolts, dragging him by a caught stirrup straight into the path of the racing wagons. Morgan leaps from his seat, scrambles along his moving hitch, mounts a leader, and slices that mule free to chase the runaway. His driverless team collides with another, killing a mule and injuring a driver, but Morgan presses on, transfers to the sorrel at speed, and cuts Ashton loose just in time. In the aftermath, Morgan explains he carries the knife after once losing mules he might have saved; Ashton, grateful and alive, ends the crew’s prejudice and promotes Morgan to assistant wagon boss. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Street & Smith Corporation, 1925  aShort stories  aWestern stories  aMuleteers -- Fiction 0aProduced from the November 7, 1925 issue of Western Story Magazine.4 uhttps://archive.org/details/western-story-magazine-v-056-n-02-1925-11-0740uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76839