Publisher's Synopsis
To the horror of the cowboys, Tobias Pepper - generally called "Tobasco" - returns to his father's ranch after four years at law school wearing riding breeches and puttees, and minus a gun. Tobasco, the fighting pride of the range, has apparently gone eastern! But trouble is brewing over the cattle country in the form of rustlers and homesteaders. When his father is shot dead, Tobasco must prove that brains have the advantage over a well-stocked arsenal. No time can be lost: there's a water shortage, the home is surrounded by desperadoes, and Peggy Elliot, his boyhood sweetheart and nearest neighbor, seems to be in league with them. Can Tobasco show that a lawyer's education can beat a rustler? His ingenuity never fails him, but it looks like his luck's run out when he's kidnapped by the mysterious Circle R outfit...
