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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aMcCain, Earl C.,
_d1890-1979
245 1 4 _aThe Pony Express rider
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from the November 28, 1925 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2025-11-27
508 _aRoger Frank and Sue Clark
520 _aThe Pony Express rider by Earl C. McCain is a Western adventure short story written in the early 20th century. It follows a young mail carrier on the desert trail who must prove his honor while resisting an outlaw’s demand to sabotage a life‑saving delivery. Dixie Rollins, newly hired at Ross’s Post, aims to clear his clouded reputation and win the respect of his stern brother Clint and the trust of superintendent Jim Slade. Jack Settes, a deadly gunman from Dixie’s past, orders him to steal a letter racing through the Pony Express—a sworn confession that would save an innocent man and expose Settes. Dixie refuses, buoyed by the quiet faith of Mildred Ross, and rides knowing Settes will try to ambush him. Anticipating Settes’s famed gun trick, Dixie outmaneuvers and kills him; meanwhile Mildred has found a letter proving Settes’s guilt, and Clint, now convinced of Dixie’s integrity, rushes the mochilla onward to ensure the exonerating document gets through. The tale closes with Dixie’s name redeemed, brotherly trust restored, and a tender promise of love with Mildred. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1925
653 _aShort stories
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aOutlaws -- Fiction
653 _aBrothers -- Fiction
653 _aPony express -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from the November 28, 1925 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77347
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