02427cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000460011324500170015926400510017630000470022733600260027433700260030033800360032649000690036250000310043150800540046252011270051653400740164365300180171765300200173565300200175565300390177565300240181465300230183883000690186185600680193085600430199878296UtSlPG20260610134820.0mcr n260607r20261930utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMorgan, Howard E.q(Howard Elmer),d-193310aOld Slowpoke 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the July 19, 1930 issue of Western Story Magazine.  aRelease date is 2026-03-24  aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)  aOld Slowpoke by Howard E. Morgan is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. It centers on a laconic lion hunter, his plodding but faithful hound, a bitter romantic rivalry, and a manhunt sparked by murder and robbery.

Rall Hollidge, a slow, gentle lion hunter, dotes on Old Slowpoke, a loyal but seemingly inept hound. His rival, the slick Lew Rines, vies for the favor of ranch heiress Jane Saunders, whose father rejects Hollidge. After a tense confrontation, Hollidge leaves, and that night Rines murders Joel Saunders, steals his cash box, and wounds Jane as she tries to intervene. Jane, bleeding, sets out to find Hollidge, while the sheriff later locates Hollidge with Rines already under arrest. With the posse stymied, Hollidge unleashes his dogs to trail the missing woman across a maze of sun-baked rock and blind canyons. Time and again the pack loses the scent, and each time Old Slowpoke patiently recovers it, finally leading Hollidge to Jane wedged in a narrow cleft. She is saved, and the unlikely hero of the day is the steadfast old hound. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York, NY: Street & Smith Corporation, 1930  aShort stories  aDogs -- Fiction  aWestern stories  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aRanchers -- Fiction  aHunters -- Fiction 0aProduced from the July 19, 1930 issue of Western Story Magazine.4 uhttps://archive.org/details/western-story-v-097-n-01-1930-07-1940uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78296