The novel Texarkana by the Johnstone syndicate (William and J.A.) starts out simply enough with Perley Gates, his trusted sidekick Possum Smith, and a young, new ranch hand, Sonny Rice moving a small herd of horses to the Double-D Ranch in Arkansas. With three hands, two of them highly experienced, one might think this would be an easy trip.
Alas the 150-mile journey evolves into so much more. First a gang take one look at these three cowhands and decide that getting these prime horses would be an easy way to make some money…rustling the horses! Nothing easy happens in a negative way when you are dealing with Perley and Possum.
Needless to say, the attempt at this underhanded dealing ends in failure and death for some of the perpetrators. But some people have a hard time learning. The survivor of the rustling attempt makes his way to Texarkana and hooks up with a larger band of no-goods.
One of these criminals is Spade Devlin, a reputed fast on the draw gunslinger. Mr Devlin is so focused on his own speed on the draw has obviously not heard of Perley Gates, who is a no-nonsense guy when it comes to right and wrong. Thus begins a series of adventures that has Perley, Possum, and Sonny joining the forges of good at the Double-D to be arrayed against the outlaws and their compatriots.
These adventures are nicely conceived and leads a reader to keep at it to find out where the story is going next. Definitely a good read and you’ll have to check it out to see how the forges of good do against those of evil. I highly recommend it.
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