02363cam a22003733u 4500 77347 UtSlPG 20260610134806.0 m cr n 260607r20251925utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS McCain, Earl C., 1890-1979 The Pony Express rider 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 November 28, 1925 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine. Release date is 2025-11-27 Roger Frank and Sue Clark The 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.) Originally published: New York, NY: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1925 Short stories Western stories Outlaws -- Fiction Brothers -- Fiction Pony express -- Fiction Produced from the November 28, 1925 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77347 118067 118067