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"Skeeter Bill comes to town by W. C. Tuttle" is a Western novelet written in the mid-20th century. The story centers on a lanky, straight-shooting cowhand who returns to a dusty cattle town and stirs up trouble for the real culprits behind a notorious bank robbery. It blends range feuds, saloon politics, and a clever unraveling of a frame-up. Skeeter Bill Sarg rides back to Yellow Butte to honor the twelfth birthday of his namesake, the son of his jailed friend Hooty Edwards—convicted for a bank job Skeeter doubts he committed. As Skeeter visits old allies like fiery rancher Fuzzy Davis and his stern wife, strange attacks begin: a dummy he rigs at a fenced spring is riddled at dawn, and later he’s ambushed outside Margie Edwards’ house, where outlaw Dutch Held is secretly shot dead by his own partner. At the packed inquest, Skeeter springs a trap with bold bluff and sharper shooting, exposing a ring led by cattleman Sam Keenan, aided by saloon front man Slim Lacey and deadly foreman J
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