Dirty Work for Doughgod and three more stories

Western novelette by W C Tuttle, published in Adventure magazine. Excerpt: "e;"e;No, sir,"e; says Mike Pelly. "e;No more female teachers for Paradise. 'Cause why? 'Cause all the fool punchers fall in love with her and ruin her educational qualities-that's why. We don't no more than get a she teacher, until all the saddle-slickers around here quit working and prevents her from teaching the young idea how to shoot straight."e; "e;This here miss, who writes me from Great Falls, orates that she's the goods,"e; states "e;Doughgod"e; Smith. "e;She slings a good hand."e; "e;Let her sling it-in Great Falls,"e; says Mike. "e;As chairman of the Board of Trustees of Paradise, I hereby open and above board objects to anything but a male teacher."e; "e;I places my bet with yours,"e; says J. B. Whittaker, owner of the Cross J outfit. "e;Women has always been the bane of my existence, and in a case like this I opens my mouth like a wolf and openly howls for a man. Lignum vitae."e; "e;E pluribus unum,"e; says Mike, and the session is over. Me and "e;Chuck"e; Warner sets there on the saloon steps and listens to those words of wisdom. Chuck wiggles his ears a lot at the decision and watches them adjourn for a drink. "e;Confounded old coots,"e; says Chuck sad-like. "e;Only one of them is married, and he ain't got no kids. I don't blame Mike for harboring resentment against the weaker sex-after seeing his wife, but them other two loveless lunatics ain't got no cause to boycott calico for educational purposes. I figured on a woman teacher, Henry."e;"e;