Hoppy Pays a Debt
Jul 23, 2026 · 30 min · 11 segments
Hoppy\_Pays\_a\_Debt
Jul 23, 2026 · 30 min · 11 segments
Hoppy\_Pays\_a\_Debt
In these early days of the West, when you wanted to learn all about a fellow you're planning to do business with, you generally head for the local bank.
A banker is not just a man to care for your earnings.
He knows folks' troubles and their secrets.
So hop in California, riding down the dusty main street to the Brill's Corners Bank to check the credit of a new Bar 20 customer.
A cloud of alkali dust swells about them as they stop, tie off at the hitching rail, and enter the bank.
Mr. Kittle has his own office right back in this corner.
I
hope he ain't going home.
It's kind of late.
I don't think so.
It looks like he's busy.
He'll sit down.
Wait a minute.
Be right with you.
No hurt.
Hey, this is a pretty fancy setup.
Who wished we had banks like this around the bar 20? Just go
on home, Steve.
There's nothing you can do about
it now.
There's plenty I can do, Mr. Kittle.
That's fighting talk, Steve.
I aim it to be.
I don't think I ain't obliged to you, sir.
I'm just going to have to work it out my way.
In these early days of the West, when you wanted to learn all about a fellow you're planning to do business with, you generally head for the local bank.
A banker is not just a man to care for your earnings.
He knows folks' troubles and their secrets.
So hop in California, riding down the dusty main street to the Brill's Corners Bank to check the credit of a new Bar 20 customer.
A cloud of alkali dust swells about them as they stop, tie off at the hitching rail, and enter the bank.
Mr. Kittle has his own office right back in this corner.
I
hope he ain't going home.
It's kind of late.
I don't think so.
It looks like he's busy.
He'll sit down.
Wait a minute.
Be right with you.
No hurt.
Hey, this is a pretty fancy setup.
Who wished we had banks like this around the bar 20? Just go
on home, Steve.
There's nothing you can do about
it now.
There's plenty I can do, Mr. Kittle.
That's fighting talk, Steve.
I aim it to be.
I don't think I ain't obliged to you, sir.
I'm just going to have to work it out my way.
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