Gabby Hayes Western #2

Gus nurses a toothache while Cactus Brain gets bucked off a horse, only to stumble upon a young fellow named Li'l Buck playing hooky from school to go fishing instead. When confronted about his absence, the boy realizes he's about to face far worse consequences than a missed lesson once his folks find out what he's been up to.

When foreman Gabby Hayes and his assistant Fred Larson discover that mountain lions are systematically slaughtering Bar O cattle, they track the vicious killers into the snowy high country—only to uncover a shocking truth that turns this hunt into something far more dangerous. Facing both nature's fury and a desperate enemy with everything to lose, Gabby must survive freezing temperatures, a treacherous foe, and a mountain full of lions to save himself and Fred. It's a wild chase across ice and snow where one wrong step could be his last.

Old Slick tries his best to be neighborly with Hank Meanbody, the meanest character in town, offering him everything from apple pie to milk—but the cantankerous critter refuses every gesture of friendship. When Old Slick finally suggests hay, he realizes he's found the perfect insult for someone as unsociable as Hank.

Gabby Hayes stumbles onto what he believes are dangerous outlaws plotting to dig up buried treasure and victims in Dusty Gulch—but his misguided heroics land him in hot water when a flash flood threatens the gulch and everyone in it. Racing against time and his own confusion, Gabby must untangle the truth while fighting to save Aunt Ellie Hester and the mysterious diggers from the onrushing waters.

Gabby Hayes sets his sights on competing in the Sun Daze Rodeo with his trusty horse Corker, but the judges won't let him enter—and things only get worse when a performer named Timmy Timms is murdered during the event. With a cryptic note as his only clue, Gabby puts his mind to work solving the crime, unraveling a deadly secret about Buck Weaver's prized horse Wildfire and a gambling debt that turned deadly. As Gabby closes in on the truth, he finds himself in increasingly wild situations that will test not just his wits, but his nerve.

When Lariat gets ambushed in town, his partners Mark and Buck rush in to help—only to discover he's been caught up in a robbery frame-up targeting a Dakota man. The Musketeers of the West must clear the innocent Indian's name and take down Bronc Dawson and his cronies before frontier justice becomes a lynching. With a mysterious moccasin as their only clue, the three allies race to prove the truth and defend one of their tribal brothers.

Gabby Hayes is too busy savoring a shipment of genuine maple syrup to help Sheriff Slim Daggle deal with the notorious outlaw Four-Gun Fitts—until the trigger-happy killer shoots up the precious jug in a moment of target practice. When Fitts crosses Gabby again and destroys a replacement bottle, the ornery old-timer takes it personally and pursues the varmint across the badlands, discovering that Fitts's unusual talent for drawing guns with his feet has a built-in weakness. With help from his trusty horse Corker and some clever planning, Gabby sets out to even the score.