hind West and lets her fire the gun and save his bacon, though he takes credit for victory whenever possible. In the saloon, he regales a group with wild tales of his prowess fighting the Indians from the train, when in fact it was West and not Fields who performed that feat. Though the local gambler does not believe Fields, he sees a chance to keep control by making Fields sheriff.
Both West and Fields had a certain archaic quality that often found them in period pieces or pieces with old-fashioned vices and virtues. West liked to dress in frilly outfits reminiscent of a western dance hall, and here such clothing fits because the story is set in the West. Fields had the air of a riverboat con man and also dressed in keeping with that image, and again this Western fits his persona perfectly.
West's tendency to flirt with danger and with the limits of what would be considered respectable is apparen
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