Gabby Hayes Western #6

A young man tries to convince Chief Gray Matter to lend him five bucks, claiming his late uncle left behind a fortune. The chief, unimpressed, reveals the truth: the uncle was actually shot by the sheriff for trying to rob the bank, leaving no fortune at all.

When Gabby Hayes investigates reports of a robbing caveman in the Rawhide mountains, he and Sheriff Slim Daggle follow a trail of grain into a cave, only to find themselves lost and outwitted by a mysterious figure who claims to be a caveman—but Gabby soon realizes the truth may be far stranger than he imagined. With rats eating their trail, deadly gas pits, and a series of wild twists, the trio must rely on quick thinking to survive the cave’s traps and outsmart their elusive quarry.

In "Armed for Death," the Musketeers of the West—Mark, Buck, and Lariat—discover a wagon-train massacre where settlers were killed after being outfitted with blank ammunition. Realizing the tragedy was no accident, they track down the outfitter, Harry Creamer, and uncover his conspiracy with bandits to sabotage wagon-trains for profit. As the Musketeers prepare to expose him, they face a violent ambush—only to turn the tide with hidden supplies and quick thinking.

A young woman arrives in a frontier town and mistakenly orders dog meat from the local butcher, leading to a humorous misunderstanding when the chief arrives and demands the same. The story plays on the confusion and escalating absurdity of the situation, with the townspeople reacting in disbelief to the request.

Gabby Hayes arrives in Dry Skull, the ghost town he inherited, only to find it truly deserted—despite his belief that it was bustling with over a thousand residents. When three gun-slinging outlaws attempt to scare him off by pretending the town is haunted, Gabby turns the tables, uncovering their scheme to hide diamonds and using their own ghost act against them.

A young woman challenges Loco Lew with a bizarre riddle about a creature with sixteen feet, green bulging eyes, and a purple body with fuzzy yellow stripes. When Loco Lew admits he doesn’t know the answer, she points out the absurdity—only to reveal the creature is already on him, sending him scrambling in panic.