Lash LaRue Western #35

Cowboy Cal is surprised to learn his brother has moved to the city and taken a peculiar job feeding fish to pelicans—much to his disbelief and amusement. The story plays on the humor of the situation, highlighting the absurdity of the brother’s new occupation with a lighthearted twist.

Dusty, a weary traveler, counts his hard-earned money at a hotel when a slick con artist claims to be a talent scout for a major Hollywood studio. After tricking Dusty into paying fifty dollars for acting lessons, the scout puts him through a series of increasingly absurd and humiliating audition drills—only to reject him outright, prompting Dusty to fight back.

In "The Last Laugh!", a nervous ranch hand named Frank, convinced he’s been overpaid, tries to return a dollar to the paymaster, Windy, only to be met with escalating suspicion and comedic accusations of being a spy, murderer, and madman. Windy, playing along with an over-the-top performance, subjects Frank to a series of absurd tests—mock interrogations and fake torture with hat pins—turning a simple refund into a hilarious farce.

Lash Lareue arrives in a frontier town where a recent election has left the community disillusioned after the corrupt Tom Tyson was installed as mayor. When a group of prospectors seeks his help to legally record their gold claim, Lash uncovers a scheme involving the mayor’s attempt to steal their discovery by forcing the recorder to invalidate their claim.