"Neighbors in the Short Creek basin become suspicious of one another when two of their largest cattle operations are victims of cattle rustlers. Elias Fagan, a drifting cowboy, having previously worked with the law, agrees to investigate -- covertly. However, someone tries to ambush him before he even reaches Short Creek -- and later he's savagely beaten in town. Then, outlaws from the old Hole-in-the-Wall gang turn up and recognize him -- it seems there's more than just cattle theft going on ..." . "The short creek rustlers" . . . . . . . "The Short Creek rustlers" . "The Short Creek rustlers"@en . "Western stories" . . . "Western stories"@en . . . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Western fiction" . "Large type books"@en . . . . . .