02469cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500180014426400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031249000730034850000310042150800540045252012370050653400790174365300180182265300200184065300220186065300390188265300390192183000730196085600430203399900190207677816UtSlPG20260610134813.0mcr n260607r20261930utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aHaycox, Ernest,d1899-195010aBully McGrane 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the November 25, 1930 issue of Short Stories magazine.  aRelease date is 2026-01-30  aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)  aBully McGrane by Ernest Haycox is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. Set in the hard-edged mining town of Pistol Gap, it turns on law, violence, and the possibility of redemption, centering on a reformed drifter’s bid to escape with a dance hall singer while a ruthless marshal and vengeful partners close in.

In Pistol Gap, Bully McGrane rules by fear, watching as Tud Drury returns from a mine with his share of gold and a plan to leave town clean and marry Anna, a singer at the Pride of the Hills. Drury’s three crooked partners arrive to settle scores, warning McGrane off; the marshal coldly decides to let them do the killing and then arrest them. As night falls, Drury arranges horses through Sen Yat in Chinatown, retrieves Anna, and heads out a back way toward the ridge—straight into an ambush. Moved despite himself, McGrane opens the escape route and charges into the dark when shooting starts; Anna and Drury mount and flee while one gunman is killed and the other two are knocked senseless by the blacksmith, Billy Monteith. The couple rides free, and McGrane, still gruff and cynical, reveals a grudging soft spot by letting their luck hold. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cGarden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1930  aShort stories  aWestern stories  aMiners -- Fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aMarshals -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction 0aProduced from the November 25, 1930 issue of Short Stories magazine.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77816  c118536d118536