Bannerman the Enforcer 38: Long Trail to Texas

The orders came straight from the President himself, so Yancey Bannerman and Johnny Cato had no choice but to carry them out. But the orders stunk to high heaven.Washington had promised to supply a small army of gunfighters, plus weapons and ammunition, to an outlaw named El Condor. In return, El Condor and his rebels would then do everything they could to remove Mexico's present anti-American government from power. Cato's job was to enlist the men. Yancey's job was to train and then deliver them to El Condor's stronghold.But once El Condor got what he wanted, everyone became fair game, no matter their political persuasion. He soon tore a swathe through the border country, and the Enforcers felt duty-bound to stop him. But with Cato all but crippled in a vicious machete fight, what could they do to take down the very army they themselves had created? Kirk Hamilton is best known as Keith Hetherington who has penned hundreds of westerns (the figure varies between 600 and 1000) under the names Hank J Kirby and Brett Waring. Keith also worked as a journalist for the Queensland Health Education Council, writing weekly articles for newspapers on health subjects and radio plays dramatising same. Bannerman the Enforcer, in which a special task-force answerable only to the Governor of Texas is sent on all kinds of do-or-die missions.