Chapter 1 Cowboys Race Plot Sparks Heartbreak and Debate
The Flying Heart ranch faces loss as its prized phonograph vanishes amid a desert race rivalry with the Centipede ranch. Helen Blake pressures Covington and Speed to win back the prize, while the ranchers plot, train, and clash over the race and its high stakes. Speed contemplates deception as Skinner the Centipede cook proposes a bribed finish, and the party grows tense as plans unfold.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Helen
Sneed
Stover
Wally
Omaha
Fresno
Gallagher
Skinner
Night alarm at ranch as escape attempt stirs town
A midnight disturbance at Lawrence Glass’s ranch venues Mount a scene with Chapin, Cloudy, and Stover catching a sleepwalker intruder, while Wally Speed and Roberta Keap cope with fear and revelations about Culver and Helen. Miss Blake seeks updates on the champion.
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Speed
Miss Blake
Zack
Chapin
Fresno
Wally
Larry
Covington
Bee
Bil
Willie
Jack
Jack Chapin
Helen Blake
Lawrence Glass
Carara
Cloudy
Stover
Treiner
Hie
Esmors
Cle
Mberty
Glnga
Turder
Glass
Wille
Wally Speed
Skinner
Lawrence Glaas
Culver Covington
Roberta Keap
Mr. Speed
Helen
Culver
Omaha
Joan
Mrs. Keap
Roberta
Foot Race Denied by Self-Harm Plot Gone Wrong
A man contemplates using a revolver to end his life to avoid a foot race, aiming at his left foot but hesitating as the weapon misfires. A mysterious figure bursts in through a window, orders to lock the doors, and collapses on the floor.
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Speed
Yun Skinner
Hump
Pocatello
Skinner
Albuquerque
Humpy
Mable
Mr. Skinner
Yale
Wally
Mel
Joe
Bure
Merchants’ Hotel
J. Wallingford Speed
Innocenthildren
Agalnet
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