Mary Donovan takes care of Mack, who was shot during the robbery. Later, Jim Weller riding range sees Gregorio leave Cottonwood Canyon, followed by Bull. He hears gunfire and rescues Gregorio the Mexican bandit from attacking Apaches. Bull, on the worst assignments, is 20 miles away from ranch.
Colby, riding alone with Diana Henders, the young daughter, professes his love. Afterwards, Bull is nearly murdered by Gum Smith, the evil sheriff.
Feeling his oats, Bull goes to town and makes a fool of himself. TOUGH LUCKīull, foreman of Elias Henders' ranch, falls off the wagon when Hal Colby gets him drunk. Of special note: The Bandit of Hell's Bend is one of a very few novels that ERB wrote in which the heroine is physically beaten by the bad guy. BANDIT is a combination western and mystery and is written in a breezy, relaxed style that makes use of a poetry framing device to hold the story together. McClurg & Co., June 1925 with Gosset & Dunlap publishing the first reprint in 1926. First published in Argosy All-Story Weekly, September-October 1924, Burroughs had two working titles for it "The Black Coyote" and "Diana of the Bar Y." The first edition was published by A. The Bandit of Hell's Bend is one of four westerns written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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