The Seventh Man

"The Seventh Man" by Max Brand On one lovely Spring day Vic, the story's hero, decides he has been in his self-imposed solitary confinement long enough and heads to town after months and months away. To his complete surprise, Betty, the woman who has his heart, is planning to go to a dance that night. With someone else! While he goes to drown his sorrows, lawlessness is unleashed in their small western town and Vic must spring into action to save the day.