02332cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500270014526400510017230000470022333600260027033700260029633800360032249000830035850000310044150800300047252011540050253400750165665300180173165300200174965300230176965300240179265300280181683000830184485600430192777347UtSlPG20260610134806.0mcr n260607r20251925utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMcCain, Earl C.,d1890-197914aThe Pony Express rider 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the November 28, 1925 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine.  aRelease date is 2025-11-27  aRoger Frank and Sue Clark  aThe Pony Express rider by Earl C. McCain is a Western adventure short story written in the early 20th century. It follows a young mail carrier on the desert trail who must prove his honor while resisting an outlaw’s demand to sabotage a life‑saving delivery.

Dixie Rollins, newly hired at Ross’s Post, aims to clear his clouded reputation and win the respect of his stern brother Clint and the trust of superintendent Jim Slade. Jack Settes, a deadly gunman from Dixie’s past, orders him to steal a letter racing through the Pony Express—a sworn confession that would save an innocent man and expose Settes. Dixie refuses, buoyed by the quiet faith of Mildred Ross, and rides knowing Settes will try to ambush him. Anticipating Settes’s famed gun trick, Dixie outmaneuvers and kills him; meanwhile Mildred has found a letter proving Settes’s guilt, and Clint, now convinced of Dixie’s integrity, rushes the mochilla onward to ensure the exonerating document gets through. The tale closes with Dixie’s name redeemed, brotherly trust restored, and a tender promise of love with Mildred. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York, NY: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1925  aShort stories  aWestern stories  aOutlaws -- Fiction  aBrothers -- Fiction  aPony express -- Fiction 0aProduced from the November 28, 1925 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77347