The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-01
by frank Il: SpEARnAN @
Q ILLUSTRATIONS Q d
BY ANDRE BOWLE5 O.
SYNOPSIS.
HIT 1908 eY cHA3 ScRieNER,3 SONS

Murray Sinclair and his gang OF wreck,
ers were called out to clear the raliIoau
tracks at Smoky Creek. McClouds a
young road superintendent. caught Sin-
clair and his men in the act OF iootins
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded IN
nocence, declaring 1t only amounted 70 q
discharged the whole outfit and ordereo
the wreckage burned. McCloud Decalis
acquainted with. Dicksie Dunnihs' = ffhe
Of the west. who came TO LOOK q cir
wreck. She gave him a message Ior s'Iln5
clair. Whispering" Gordon Smith told
President Bucks of the railroad, OF NC,
Clouds brave fight against a gang :.
crazed miners and that was the rsasV ~
for the superintendent appointment 10
his high office. McCloud arranged 70
board at the boarding house or MIS-. Sn
clair, the ex-foreman's deserted wiz.
Dicksie Dunning was the daughter OIL the g
late Richard Dunning. who nag uleu fs's
broken heart shortly after MS Wiz o z
demise, which occurred after one vas Sin.
married life. Sinclair visited Marion on
clairs shop and a fight between iiiH a
McCioud was narrowly ayertea: HJy
Creek bridge was mysteriously ,ntion
McCloud prepared to face the situat9n IN
President Bucks notified Smith that ne
had work ahead. McCloud worked Ior
days and finally got the division run nlinhs
In fairly good order. He oyerhearo DnGh.
sic criticising his methods. to Marion
Sinclair. A stock train was wreckeu ~
an open switch. Later a PASSENGER Shaa
was held up and the express car rodit
w Ilti vi d pOoSC PAiSAA'o -. Al.%
were killed. McCloud was notifeo lh ma
Whispering Smith was to hunt the ues-
peradoes. Bill Dancing, a ROAD nnelian,
proposed that Sinclair and his gang De
sent to aunt the bandits. A stranger. ap.
parently with authority, told nm 10 20
ahead. Dancing was told the strahsnr
was Whispering smith" Smltn b;n
off. but failed. He warned McClouo tnat
his life was in danger. McCloud was car
ried forcibly into Lance Cummings pres
nnnn ,-t~ nfIycn fhn TallT0An III
right-of-way. he had already signed for.
Dicksie interfered to prevent a sh0ollns
ARRAY. Dicksie met McCloud on a lonely
trail to warn him his life was in danger.
his hat. whispering Smith reported that
Du Sang, one Of Sinclair's gang, had been
assigned to kill McCloud. He and Smlth
saw D9 Sang, WHISPERING tds5 rims % Sn, aet o 3ntn of
Medicine Bend or suffer. Du Sang seemed
to succumb to the bluff. McClouds pig
construction job was taken from him be-
cause of an Injunction issued to Lane
Dunning by the United States court. A
sudden rise of the Crawling Stone river
created CONSERVATION. Dicksie ana Ma
pering Smith Joined the group. He and
Dicksie spent the night in conversation
Smith giving the girl an outline OF ms
life. In the morning McCloud t0ok ms
men to light the river. Lance, Dunnlng
welcomed them cordially. McCloud sue,
ceeded in hating the flood; He accepted
Cummings hospitality. Dicksie ana Ma.
rion visited Sinclair at his ranch, He
tried to persuade his deserted wife to re,
turn to him. She refused. He accused
Whispering Smith of having stolen neT
love from him. A train was held up ana
robbed. the bandits escaping. Smith ana
McCloud started in pursuit. At Baggs
ranch Du Sang killed old WINS,
pering Smith b~efriended his ten-year-old
Smith was certain the bandits were