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100 1 _aHaycox, Ernest,
_d1899-1950
245 1 0 _aFalse face
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from the February 13, 1926 issue of Western Story Magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2025-09-26
508 _aRoger Frank and Sue Clark
520 _a"False face by Ernest Haycox" is a Western short story written in the early 20th century. Set amid a rumor-fueled land rush in central Oregon, it centers on a storekeeper-turned-deputy who must quell campsite thefts, clear a wrongly accused cowboy, and expose the true thief. Sheriff Bart McKenzie drafts Dave Budd as deputy when a camp of hopeful homesteaders crowds his store and a brazen wallet theft stirs talk of lynching. A taciturn rider, Sam, pushes a search that “finds” the stolen wallet in the gear of fiery redheaded Bill, who had been courting a young woman also admired by Sam. Sensing a plant, Budd ties Bill lightly and lets him slip away, then baits a trap by leaving cash in a cigar box and waiting in the dark. Sam sneaks in to steal, shoots, and is shot dead by Budd, exposing him as the true culprit. Bill returns from the brush to point out Sam’s cache, the camp accepts the truth, and the innocent man is cleared. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Street & Smith Corporation, 1926
653 _aShort stories
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aOregon -- Fiction
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aTheft -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from the February 13, 1926 issue of Western Story Magazine.
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/western-story-magazine-v-058-n-04-1926-02-13
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76931
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