Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist

But then strange things start happening in town. One business after another is being closed, either by the bank or by authority of the sheriff. First the mines, then the post office, the Tall & Thin Shop, the Dirty Sheet Hotel, the blacksmith and more. The train no longer arrives, horses become sick, a fire threatening the whole town breaks out, the local water supply gets contaminated and a stampede of snails approaches the village. Freddy manages to thwart everything with his cunning and pharmaceutical skills, but clearly there is some foul play at work. Who is responsible for all the happenings? Is the banker or the sheriff, or is there somebody else pulling their strings? When at one point Freddy finds out that his very life may be in danger, he has to make a crucial decision - leave town like the others, or pick up his old gunslinger expertise and fight for the town and his beloved Penelope.