Molly and the Bandit

BLACK BART, THE WEST'S PREMIER HIGHWAYMAN, ALIAS CHARLES BOLTON, T. Z. SPAULDING, AND OTHERS, MADE AT LEAST 28 HOLDUP'S IN EIGHT YEARS. MIDDLE-AGED, ALWAYS ON FOOT, AND MOSTLY WITH UNLOADED SHOTGUNS, TAUNTED THE FABLED WELLS FARGO EXPRESS COMPANY WITH DOGGEREL SIGNED BLACK BART THE P o 8. {POET}. RESOURCEFUL AND USUALLY POLITE, HE NEVER ROBBED PASSENGERS. FREED FROM PRISON PRISONED, HE VANISHED. BASED ON A RECENTLY-FOUND MANUSCRIPT, THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED. PUNSTER BART, CLOAKED IN MORE ALIASES, AND MALAPROP MAD MOLLY MOON, ROAM THE SIERRA NEVADAS, MEETING A HOST OF CHARACTERS INCLUDING COLONEL ORD VIVIAN, HENCHMAN TIBERIUS BING, MURDEROUS BEN BUBBS, AND THE INTREPID JOHN MUIR. THE YEAR IS 1888. DO ENTER.