Gabby Hayes Western #26

When a scheme to frame a Native American tribe for a massacre threatens to spark a war, Gabby Hayes must convince Chief Walking Box and his people of the truth before bloodshed erupts. Armed with quick thinking and his signature fighting spirit, Gabby leads the tribe against the real culprits—a gang headed by the treacherous Nick Pinch—in a rousing frontier showdown that tests every trick in his considerable arsenal.

Young Falcon, a renowned forest hunter, rescues an Indian maiden named Bright Moon from her out-of-control canoe in the treacherous rapids, only to learn she's training for a high-stakes tribal race where the prize is valuable land and seed. When Bright Moon's betrothed is mysteriously injured and she asks Young Falcon to race in his place, the hunter discovers someone is willing to play deadly to keep him from competing—but he presses on anyway, only to find himself targeted by saboteurs during the race itself.

Loco Lew has finally found a solution to his sleepless nights, and he's eager to share his peculiar cure with an old friend—though the remedy might raise a few eyebrows. This 1951 humor Western from Gabby Hayes Western #26 delivers the kind of laugh-out-loud foolishness that made the pulp frontier so entertaining.

When a clever bandit named Tubby Swift uses an ice boat to outrun the law on a frozen river, Sheriff Slim Daggle finds himself outmatched—until Gabby Hayes, the impetuous foreman of the Bar Nothing ranch, comes up with an outlandish solution: teaching his horse Corker to skate. As Gabby trains the skating horse and patrols the icy waterways, Tubby strikes again and again, forcing a wild chase across frozen terrain where Corker's newfound skill becomes the town's best hope for justice. With tricks, traps, and plenty of mishaps along the way, this 1951 tale proves that sometimes the most ridiculous idea is exactly what a desperate situation needs.

Gabby Hayes gets a flat tire on a deserted road with no jack in sight, so he heads to a nearby farmhouse hoping to borrow one—but his worrying mind spins through every possible disaster that could go wrong before he even knocks on the door. When he finally works up the nerve to ask, his anxiety-fueled assumptions lead him to an unexpected conclusion that leaves the farmer baffled.

When a mysterious bandit uses an ear trumpet to eavesdrop on the Rawhide Bank's secrets, young Bart Bixby finds himself framed for a series of inside robberies. Gabby Hayes refuses to believe his friend is guilty and cooks up a scheme to flush out the real crook—but the listening looter, Wing Ears Whalen, has his own deadly plans to stop the old wrangler. It's a showdown where Gabby's quick thinking and a little creative noise-making become the only weapons that matter.

Sheriff Slim Daggle plans to impress Miss Hester with his dancing at the barn dance competition, but when Gabby Hayes—the ranch foreman with his eye on Hester's cooking—decides to sabotage the sheriff's chances, he sets his sights on catching a wild turkey for a turkey dinner instead. What begins as Gabby's wild chase across the countryside takes an unexpected turn when he and the furious bird end up on the dance floor itself, spinning and careening in the most unconventional dance performance anyone's ever witnessed. In this riotous western tale, chaos and pure luck collide in the most unlikely way.