02536cam a22003853u 4500 77911 UtSlPG 20260610134815.0 m cr n 260607r2026||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Mowery, William Byron, 1899-1957 Wolf Pass Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from the September, 1930 issue of Redbook magazine. Release date is 2026-02-11 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) Wolf Pass by William Byron Mowery is a frontier adventure short story written in the early 20th century. Set in the northern Rockies, it follows a wilderness chase and moral showdown between a Royal Canadian Mounted Police inspector and a desperate fugitive, seen through the ordeal of the inspector’s young wife; its likely topic is how justice, mercy, and marital trust are tested under extreme pressure. Sylvia, defying her husband Inspector Lorn Hastings’s warning, takes a solo canoe trip and is ambushed by the hunted outlaw Slith Behrdal, who seizes her rifle, canoe, and provisions. Half-starved and cunning, he plays on her sympathy while driving upriver toward Wolf Pass, where Hastings lies in wait. As dusk falls, Behrdal uses Sylvia as cover and opens fire; Hastings’s canoe is wrecked, and he reaches a midstream rock with only his sidearm. When Behrdal closes in to finish him, Sylvia deliberately capsizes their canoe, throwing the outlaw into the icy current. Hastings swims out, subdues and saves the drowning man, and takes him prisoner. In the quiet paddle back to Bighorn, Sylvia’s remorse meets Hastings’s stern compassion, and the couple reconcile, their bond renewed by shared danger and hard-won clarity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Chicago: The McCall Company, 1930 Short stories Canada -- Fiction Criminals -- Fiction Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- Fiction Spouses -- Fiction Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 Produced from the September, 1930 issue of Redbook magazine. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77911 118631 118631