Slow Joe — Max Brand

JOE HYDE'S FAMILY HAD NEVER GOTTEN ALONG REAL WELL WITH THE LAW.

First, there was the little matter of Joe's father being claim-jumped. A rich rustler had been turned loose by the sheriff -- even though Joe's father had the goods on him. That had nearly broken the family.

Then Joe's brother was railroaded for a killing even though he's been a hundred miles away from the scene of the crime.

Now Marshal Chip Werner was asking Joe to put on a deputy's badge and hunt down the two men who had shot Lew Ellis, Joe's friend, in the back. Joe was against it -- until Marshal Werner told him the names of the two killers.

Then Joe knew he had to find them -- and kill them…