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# Western Story Magazine, January 22, 1927

This issue contains two complete novels, two serials, and three short stories. The lead novel "Boots of Betrayal" by August Eberhardt follows Solomon "Bigfoot" Bixbee, a condemned murderer in an Alaskan mining settlement who kills a guard and escapes. Knowing the wilderness better than any pursuer, Bixbee believes he can reach safety in the mountains—though he faces a problem: he wears only decorative carpet slippers when he desperately needs proper boots to traverse sixty miles of pathless terrain. His memories turn to a pair of custom-made boots belonging to "Skookum" Joe Hollister, whom he murdered months earlier and whose widow may possess them. The serial "Bucking with Bar C" by George Gilbert continues its fourth installment, while Arthur Preston Hankins provides the sixth and final part of "Thunder Island." Supporting works include short stories by Albert William Stone, Austin Hall, and Ray Humphreys, plus non-fiction on pioneer Western towns.