Heartbreak Trail to Pueblo
Colorado schoolteacher Matt Addison, a mild, earnest young man, comes home to find that his mother and father have been brutally murdered. Matt vows revenge. His utterly devoted sweetheart raises no objections, even though Matt has almost no clues, doesn’t know how long he’ll be gone, and isn’t much of a hand with six-guns. He can handle a rifle, though, and knows the hard life of the trail. Luckily, he meets up with a good-natured minstrel, Harvey Stricker, who ekes out a living in saloons, playing the banjo and singing. The saloons offer clues about the murderers, three bad men headed for Utah, plundering isolated ranches and leaving behind no witnesses. The trail at last leads to a mountain pass near Pueblo. Now a sheriff’s deputy, Matt teams with Harvey and a private detective for a splendid showdown in the snowy high country. This is a long way from Luke Short, though Matt’s hangdog, apologetic manner has some appeal. --John Mort--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.