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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Bully McGrane](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqzywy142wtvjwv48vafgb2/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260911%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260911T191234Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=b5d667a1673ff69492177a306df81685fca9d74880b6a387885298430570e7de) ## About this work Bully McGrane by Ernest Haycox — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside BULLY McGRANE Hardboiled, That Marshall of the Toughest Town in the West—but Somewhere There Was a Soft Spot in His Heart. Ernest Haycox celebrated author of Western stories gives us another yarn of “Pistol Gap” In Pistol Gap life was pitched to a key of suddenness and intensity. Men of this Western land worked with an energy that brought out the salt sweat; and their hours of play were equally violent. If they drank at all it was usually to excess and if they gambled they flung the whole of their labored wealth on the green table in prodigal abandon, never considering tomorrow. And in Pistol Gap death only infrequently visited a man in bed; one moment he was alive and in full stride; the next moment he was quite utterly dead. In such case the coroner’s jury had a uniform, unvarying verdict: “dead by an act of God.” It was therefore natural that when Tud Drury rode into Pistol Gap leading a pack animal during the latter part of a sultry afternoon that Bully McGrane, marshal, should ease his massive bulk forward on a hotel porch chair and watch the newcomer’s successive movements with a sort of lowering, belligerent interest. Tud had made a trip down to procure supplies for himself and his three partners only two days previously. This trip augured something else; and the loaded burro also indicated something else. So Bully McGrane watched, removing his hat to scratch a cropped head badly scarred from his prize-ring days. Drury went into the stable, remained a while and emerged with a canvas sack hanging heavily from one arm; Drury returned on the far side of the street, and entered ’Lisha Funston’s bank. Bully McGrane’s broad jaws tightened against his cigar and he tugged at the ends of his… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fbully-mcgrane) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fbully-mcgrane) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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