The Feud Buster

By Robert E. Howard

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. This is one of his western stories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Apr 28, 2014
• ISBN: 9781609779344

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The Feud Buster

by Robert E. Howard

Start Publishing LLC

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First Start Publishing eBook edition January 2014

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These here derned lies which is being circulated around is making me sick and tired. If this slander don't stop I'm liable to lose my temper, and anybody in the Humbolts can tell you when I loses my temper the effect on the population is wuss'n fire, earthquake, and cyclone.

First-off, it's a lie that I rode a hundred miles to mix into a feud which wasn't none of my business. I never heard of the Hopkins-Barlow war before I come in the Mezquital country. I hear tell the Barlows is talking about suing me for destroying their property. Well, they ought to build their cabins solider if they don't want 'em tore down. And they're all liars when they says the Hopkinses hired me to exterminate 'em at five dollars a sculp. I don't believe even a Hopkins would pay five dollars for one of their mangy sculps. Anyway, I don't fight for hire for nobody. And the Hopkinses needn't bellyache about me turning on 'em and trying to massacre the entire clan. All I wanted to do was kind of disable 'em so they couldn't interfere with my business. And my business, from first to last, was defending the family honor. If I had to

Reviews for The Feud Buster

[philsyphe · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Both these short western stories feature one of my favourite character creations by Robert E. Howard, namely Breckenridge Elkins. BR always narrates these tales of violent humour in an upbeat cowboy dialect. I enjoyed “Haunted Mountain” more than “The Feud Buster”. The former is like two wild goose chases rolled into one, producing several entertaining episodes. The latter tale features BR getting involved with two rival families, adding his own brand of chaos into the mix.