"Sure I killed him," Rhino said pleasantly. "And I pinned it on you. I'm the only man can clear you, Frank, and I need you. You'll stick with me--or hang!"

When mean, ugly Curly Hall shot Sheriff Tibbetts dead, Deputy royal Ballou was in New Mexico. When he returned, the two-bit gunslinger was wearing the sheriff's badge and in cahoots with every crooked politician in town. The odds were against Ballou bringing law and order back to Jacob's Well, but he liked challenges, and he had a daring plan.