Disguised as the run-of-the-mill cowhand Wayne Morgan, the Masked Rider moved cautiously down the Stovelid Mesa ledge that led to the town of Muscatero. Entering the Broken Bottle saloon, he listened anxiously for news of his faithful companion, Blue Hawk, now missing for more than two days. Cold ripples crept down the Masked Rider's spine when he heard . . . Blue Hawk, charged with murder, was doomed to die at sunrise on the county gallows.
