A Tin Cup Trophy

At the blistering Paradise depot, three irreverent cowhands—Telescope Tolliver, Muley Bowles, and Hen Peck—wait for a delayed cookstove and instead stumble into a comic frontier upheaval. When three refined Eastern women arrive seeking a Western hunting adventure, the men's bragging, bluffing, and flirtation collide with the women's expectations, turning mistaken assumptions into instant social comedy. Violet Middleton, in particular, draws Muley's awkward poetic ardor, while Hen's dry narration and Telescope's grandiose storytelling keep the banter lively and sharp. Eager to prove themselves, the men assemble horses, groceries, and gear, then scramble to satisfy the ladies' demand for propriety by finding a chaperon. That solution leads to Doughgod Smith, a disgruntled bachelor, and to a ridiculous expedition built on rumor, improvisation, and a supposed map to a rich Lost Cabin mine. As the party pushes into game country, their refined hunting fantasy shrinks to the absurd goal of bagging a mountain goat. What follows is a raucous satire of romance, wilderness, and masculinity: bad food, worse guidance, mounting complaints, and a night of eerie cries, drunken chaos, and stolen clothing that leaves everyone humiliated and the frontier gloriously unromantic. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.