Walter Miller

Montana & Clem are rescued by Jingle and the Parker's men. Clem insists that they go out at once and file on the gold territory and since it is in the timber on the Pine Ridge, where logging operations are already in progress, all dress like lumber men and start out - Montana, Mary, Parker and Clem. A spy reports this to Gillespie, and he and his band start in pursuit. The rich claim is staked. Mary is frightened by a bear and takes a short cut across...

Escaping from the ruins of the jail, Montana joins Jingle Bob at the Parker ranch and the two plan to start out in search of Clem, who has been kidnapped by the Gillespie gang during the saloon fight and taken to a deserted ranch in Hidden Valley. Happy, a cowboy delegated by Parker to guide Montana and Jingle Bob to Auburn takes them instead toward the deserted ranch and the trio are ambushed by Gillespies men, only to be guided to safety by Mary,...

Montana is saved from the stampeding herd by his horse, Silver. Fearing capture, Gillespie and his men withdraw hurriedly. Returned to the caves, Gillespie and Clem strike a bargain, though neither intends to keep it. Clem agrees to point out the location of the gold deposits. Montana and Jingle Bob overtake the Gillespie band, a free-for-all fight ensues and the horse beating Clem runs away. Montana starts in pursuit, and Clem's horse plunges down...

Having only pretended he was shot, Montana mounts Silver again and rides on. Mary almost collapses when she hears that Montana has been shot, and Clem finally assures Gillespie that he will take him to the mineral deposits when he receives proof that Mary and Parker have been delivered safely to their ranch. Gillespie agrees. Montana Lassoes Gillespie and ropes him to his own horse, sending him to the Parker ranch a prisoner. He frees Jingle and Clem...

Montana escapes, Steve overhears and reports that Gillespie and Brett are planning to attack a wagon train at Lizzard creek owned by Bill Hardy, brother-in-law of Parker. Ann's father, Blackie, a rascall's freighter, reveals that Hardy has been wounded and rides in one of the wagons. Gillespie and his band enlist the help of Dave Turpin and his outlaws, while Montana and the others ride to the rescue of the Hardy train. The wagon which bears Hardy...

Montana has again, pretended to be shot. At this instant, Jingle Bob, Clem, the land agent and the sheriff enter through the back door with guns drawn, completely surprising Gillespie and his men. The latter escapes, however, when the bartender shoots out the lights. Montana, Parker and Mary go to a deserted cabin on one end of the claim, and here they are tied up by a group of Gillespie's men, who then ride away. Fire breaks out on the claim and...

Montana rescues Clem from the burning ranch house and Happy and Mary start for the Parker ranch with the old man. The next day Ed Yountis calls son Brett to bargain with him to supply meat to Kirkland, contractor of the new railroad from Auburn to Sicomoro. Remembering his failure at rustling cattle, Brett refers Yountis to Parker, intending to steal the money from the latter after the steers have been delivered. The Gillespie gang, taking possession...

Montana ropes the maddened bull, runs to Mary's side and lifts her over the corral fence out of danger. Clem decides on a last effort and strikes a rich pocket from which he and Jingle extract a fortune in a few hours. Gillespie and his men, learning of this decide to hijack the gold wagon on its way to the bank in town, but Montana outwits them. Gillespie enlists reinforcements from Brett, and the augmented band raids the town in an effort to loot...

They were such cute synthetic creatures, it was impossible not to love them. Of course, that was precisely why they were dangerous!

The manner in which a man has lived is often the key to the way he will die. Take old man Donegal, for example. Most of his adult life was spent in digging a hole through space to learn what was on the other side. Would he go out the same way?