Summary
Let's Go, Gallagher plunges us into the swift-moving world of Cowboy Tom Gallagher, a man perpetually on the run, whose flight from a saloon brawl with the nefarious Black Carter and Thug Peters unexpectedly leads him to a peculiar delivery: a young boy, Little Joey, and his loyal canine companion, dispatched "parcel post" to Dorothy Manning's Bar M Ranch. Gallagher's timely intervention saves the duo from an oncoming train, cementing his role as an unlikely protector. Upon completing his delivery, he's swiftly hired as foreman by the tenacious Dorothy, only to discover his old adversaries, Carter and Peters, have infiltrated the Bar M, systematically rustling cattle and plundering its resources. The stakes escalate when Peters, leveraging a bought-out mortgage, kidnaps Dorothy during Tom's desperate quest for funds. It's a race against time, with Tom, aided by the resourceful Little Joey and the surprisingly agile, if rheumatic, cowpuncher Bendy Mulligan, orchestrating her daring rescue. The narrative culminates in the mortgage's dramatic repayment, swiftly followed by Bendy's serendipitous discovery of oil during a mud bath, miraculously dissolving Dorothy's financial woes, paving the way for her and Tom's inevitable union.
Cowboy Tom Gallagher, escaping from a saloon fight with Black Carter and Thug Peters, rescues Little Joey and his dog--who have been sent "parcel post" to Dorothy Manning's Bar M Ranch by her sister--from an approaching train. Tom completes the delivery and is hired by Dorothy as foreman. There he finds Carter and Peters, who have been rustling Dorothy's cattle and stealing right and left from the Bar M. Peters buys up the mortgage and then kidnaps Dorothy when Tom goes away to get the money to pay it off. Tom effects her rescue with the aid of Little Joey and Bendy Mulligan, a rheumatic old cowpuncher. The mortgage is paid off, and Bendy's accidental discovery of oil while taking a mud bath solves Dorothy's financial problems. Dorothy and Tom wed.
