James, Will 1892-1942 creator text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats On the dodge by Will James is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. Centered on frontier justice and survival, it follows a drifting cowboy who is mistaken for a bank robber and must outwit a posse, recover his stolen buckskin horse, and prove his innocence. The narrator tracks his stolen horse, is seized by a posse, and spends a tense night under guard at a ranch, where a sympathetic young woman helps him escape with a fast mount and supplies. After a long chase and clever evasions—mixing his trail with mustangs and ditching his saddle—he stumbles on the outlaws’ hidden camp and his buckskin. An ambush leaves him bound, but he feigns injury, draws a hidden boot gun, and sparks a close gunfight that wounds him and drops one outlaw. The posse, drawn by the shots, arrives to capture the remaining men and reveal their wounded companion as a government agent. Cleared at last, the cowboy rides away on his buckskin, thinking of the girl who believed in him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Produced from the January 1930 issue of Redbook Magazine. Illustrated by the author. Release date is 2026-04-10 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) Originally published: Chicago, IL: The McCall Company, 1929 Short stories Western stories Adventure stories Cowboys -- Fiction PS Chicago, IL: The McCall Company, 1929 https://archive.org/details/sim_redbook_1930-01_54_3 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78416 https://archive.org/details/sim_redbook_1930-01_54_3 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78416 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134822.0 78416