03053cam a22003853u 4500 78685 UtSlPG 20260610134826.0 m cr n 260607r20261924utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Tuttle, W. C. (Wilbur C.), 1883-1969 Hashknife and the Fantom Riders 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 February 29, 1924 issue of Adventure magazine. Release date is 2026-05-14 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) "Hashknife and the Fantom Riders" by W. C. Tuttle is a Western novel written in the early 20th century. It follows drifting partners Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens as they take a job probing mysterious cattle thefts and killings around the Circle Cross and Tomahawk outfits in the Ghost Hills. Hired by ranch investor William Lanpher while tensions flare over his son Ben’s attachment to Lorna Cassidy, they ride into a rough cow town where fear of unseen “phantom” rustlers keeps mouths shut. Expect a blend of range humor, saloon dust‑ups, and detective-style sleuthing on the open range. The opening of the story moves from a foggy San Francisco hiring to the hardpan of Wolf Wells: Lanpher engages Hashknife and Sleepy after rustling and two dead detectives rock the Circle Cross, Pinto Cassidy is arrested, and Ben Lanpher throws in with Cassidy and vows to wed Lorna. The pair reach town in time to see a hung jury (Smoky Cole the lone holdout), and Hashknife neatly defuses a bar challenge from the drunk Ben. They meet sheriff Fat Fleager, deputy Lonesome Hobbs, and Circle Cross boss Jim Trainor, then visit the Tomahawk, where Lorna and her Sioux mother speak warily of silent “ghost riders.” After Lonesome secretly empties Ben’s and Smoky’s guns to head off a street shootout, a prospector reports a corpse; Smoky is found shot from behind, with Ben’s hat and gun discovered up the road. The sheriff rides to arrest Ben while Hashknife and Sleepy alert Trainor; Circle Cross hands Buck Avery and the grim Poco Saunders head to town, where Ben is being locked up as this opening section closes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: The Ridgway Company, 1924 Western stories Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction Mystery fiction Hartley, Hashknife (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Stevens, Sleepy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Produced from the February 29, 1924 issue of Adventure magazine. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/ADV_1924_02_29.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78685 119403 119403