Junction Flats Drifter

Had Josh Barkley known the trouble he would soon face, he and
his sidekick, Mike Gray-Eyes, would have never tied up in front of the
sheriff's office in Junction Flats. But they did, and faster than a deacon
takes up a collection, Josh finds himself tangled up with a local rancher's
headstrong daughter.

First, she declares she has every intention of not only marrying him, but
helping him carry out his duties as deputy sheriff, including accidentally
knocking him unconscious while he is fighting with a hold-up man.

If that weren't enough, Josh soon learns he has landed smack dab in the
middle of a town infiltrated by a Union spy ring intent on stealing sixty
thousand dollars in Arizona gold headed for Galveston and the Confederate
Navy.